Malou is a feminine given name and a French surname. As a given name, it is a contraction of the compound name
Marie
Marie may refer to the following.
People Given name
* Marie (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
** List of people named Marie
* Marie (Japanese given name)
Surname
* Jean Gabriel-Marie, French compo ...
-
Louise. The name has been well used for girls in
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...
and in the
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
, where it is considered a contraction of
María Lourdes
Lourdes (, also , ; ) is a market town situated in the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region in southwestern France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for its Château fort, a ...
. Malu is a variant spelling.
People with the given name Malou
*
Malou Aamund
Malou Aamund (born 28 July 1969, in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish businesswoman. She is the CEO of Google Denmark and a board member of DSV A/S, KIRKBI A/S and WS Audiology. She previously held executive positions at IBM and Microsoft. She is ...
, Danish politician.
*
Malou de Guzman
Malou de Guzman (born July 18, 1957) is a Filipina stage, television and film actress.
Personal life
De Guzman has a daughter Luchie, with former actor Ross Rival. She graduated from the University of the Philippines-Diliman with a degree in ...
, Filipino actress.
*
Malou Hansson, Swedish actress and model.
*
Malou Jacob, playwright
*
Malou Prytz, Swedish singer
*
Malou (model), Danish actress
People with the surname
*
Jules Malou, Belgian statesman.
People nicknamed Malou
*
Marie Louise Asseu
Marie Louise Asseu (November 21, 1966 – December 7, 2016) was an Ivorian actress, director and film producer, better known by her nickname Malou. In addition, she was also the founder of the Limale Festival of Cote d' Ivore.
Asseu also released ...
(1966–2016), Ivorian actress, film director and producer
See also
*
Château Malou
The Château Malou (French language, French) or Maloukasteel (Dutch language, Dutch) is a Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical building in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert in Brussels, Belgium. The château is situated in the middle ...
, a neoclassical building in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert in Brussels, Belgium.
*
Tropical Storm Malou (disambiguation)
*
Malou Park
Malou Park (; ) is an urban park in the Woluwe-Saint-Lambert municipality of Brussels, Belgium. It is in the valley of the Woluwe stream, to the south-east of the Woluwe Shopping Center. It is the municipality's oldest and biggest park.
Histor ...
, an urban park in Brussels, Belgium.
*''
Malou'', German short film by Adi Wojaczek and
Patrick Mölleken, 2019
Notes
{{given name, type=both
Feminine given names
Hypocorisms
Nicknames