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HALO, halo, halos or haloes may refer to:

Most common meanings

• Halo (optical phenomenon)
• Halo (religious iconography), a ring of light around the image of a head
• Halo (franchise), a sci-fi video game series (2001–2021)

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters and worlds

• Halo (DC Comics), a 1983 superheroine
• Halo Array or halos, fictional megastructures in the video game
• The titular character of The Ballad of Halo Jones, a sci-fi comic strip

Film and television

• Halo (1996 film), an Indian drama film
• Halo (2007 cancelled film), a project directed by Niell Blomkamp
• Halo (TV series), a 2022 adaptation of the game
• Nickelodeon HALO Awards, an American television special (2008–2018)

Music

• Halo Records, a British record label (formed 2000)

Bands

• Halo (Christian rock band), an American band
• Halo (metal band), an Australian band
• Halo (UK band)
• HALO (South Korean group)
• The Halos, an American doo wop group

Albums

• Halo (Azonic album) (1994)
• Halo (Bakar album) (2023)
• Halo (Current 93 album) (2004)
• Halo (Juana Molina album) (2017)
• Halo, by Severina (2019)

Songs

• "Halo" (Beyoncé song) (2008)
• "Halo" (Lumix song) (2022)
• "Halo" (Soil song) (2001)
• "Halo" (Starset song) (2015)
• "Halo" (Texas song) (1997)
• "Haloes", a song from the album The Tubes by The Tubes
• "Halos" by +/- from Xs on Your Eyes
• "Halo", by All That Remains from Madness
• "Halo", by Basement from Promise Everything
• "Halo", by Bethany Joy Galeotti from Friends with Benefits: Music from the Television Series One Tree Hill, Volume 2
• "Halo", by Bloc Party from Intimacy
• "Halo", by Cage the Elephant from Melophobia
• "Halo", by The Cure from Join the Dots
• "Halo", by Deep Blue Something from Home
• "Halo", by Depeche Mode from Violator
• "Halo", by Endless Shame from Generation Blind
• "Halo", by Foo Fighters from One by One
• "Halo", by Linkin Park from LP Underground X: Demos
• "Halo", by Hieroglyphics from Full Circle
• "Halo", by Machine Head from The Blackening
• "Halo", by Porcupine Tree from Deadwing
• "Halo", by The Pussycat Dolls from Doll Domination
• "Halo", by Red Flag
• "Halo", by Ryan Adams from Prisoner (B-Sides)
• "Halo", by Slash from Apocalyptic Love
• "Halo", by Tinchy Stryder from Catch 22
• "Halo", by Takida from Bury the Lies

Other arts and entertainment

• Halo (sculpture), a kinetic sculpture in Australia
• Halo (b-boy move), a dance move
• Halo (nightclub), a venue in Bournemouth, England
• Halo (bar), a gay bar in Washington, D.C.

Military

• HALO jump, High Altitude-Low Opening parachute jump
• Operation Halo, the Canadian contribution to the 2004 United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti
• Mil Mi-26, a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter (NATO reporting name: Halo)
• Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive Anti-Surface, U.S. Navy program

Medicine and psychology

• Halo brace, a cervical brace
• Halo effect, a cognitive bias
• Halo sign, a radiological diagnostic

People

• Halo Khan Ardalan, Kurdish ruler of Ardalan from 1590 to 1616
• Halo Meadows (1905–1985), American actress
• Thea Halo (born 1941), American writer and painter
• Laurel Halo, stage name of American electronic musician Laurel Anne Chartow (born 1985)
• Takashi Hirose (swimmer) (1923–2002), American swimmer nicknamed "Halo"

Places

Ancient Greece

• Halos (Thessaly), a town and polis of ancient Thessaly
• Halos (Delphi), a space near the temple of Apollo in Delphi

United States

• Halo, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
• Halo, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
• The Halo (building complex), Newark, New Jersey

Sport

• Los Angeles Angels, a Major League Baseball team, nicknamed the Halos
• Halo (horse) (1969–2000), American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire
• Halo (safety device), for racing cars

Science, technology and mathematics

Astronomy and space

• Dark matter halo, a hypothetical structure in outer space
• Galactic halo, a component of a galaxy
• Halo orbit, a concept in orbital mechanics
• Helium and Lead Observatory, a supernova neutrino detector
• Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module of the planned Lunar Gateway space station
• Halo (crater), on the Moon
• Stellar halo

Other science, technology and mathematics

• Halo (mathematics), in non-standard analysis
• Project Halo, in artificial intelligence
• Halo antenna
• Halo nucleus, in physics
• HaloIPT, a wireless vehicle charging technology under WiTricity

Other uses

• HALO Trust, a landmine-clearance NGO headquartered in Scotland (founded 1988)
• HALO Urban Regeneration, a Scottish start-up support firm (founded 1988)
• Wonderful Halos, a brand name of mandarin oranges sold by The Wonderful Company

See also

• Halo- (disambiguation)
• Hallo (disambiguation)
• Helo (disambiguation)
• Halo-halo, a Filipino dessert
• "Halo, Halo", 1982 Yugoslavian song
• List of Halo media
• All pages with titles beginning with Halo
• All pages with titles containing Halo

• Disambiguation pages
• Place name disambiguation pages
• Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists