A boy Named sue

macbrada

My wife wishes to call our first baby girl ' beau ' sounding like Bo.

Am I mad or is my wife right that the name is ok

http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Beau

I know the link says girl but I'd call it a boy's name

lynski

I love it, but oh would not even consider it.
Defo a boys name in my book - Beau Bridges, Beau Brummel,
I would have thought the girls equivalent was Belle?
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Beau

mikemac

Beau is a boys name

With a name like that he'll probably end up as a movie actor :cool:

Melodeon

Or a French Foreign Legionnaire:
Beau Geste

Dades

I'd consider it a boys name but no doubt she'd grow into it and it could be very unique for her when she makes it her own.

Of course you'll have to put up with a few raised eyebrows for years first.

Paddysnapper

Melodeon wrote: »

Or a French Foreign Legionnaire:
Beau Geste

<SNIP>

sh1tstirrer

lynski wrote: »

I love it, but oh would not even consider it.
Defo a boys name in my book - Beau Bridges, Beau Brummel,
I would have thought the girls equivalent was Belle?
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Beau

What about Bo Derek pronounced the same with a different spelling?

bulmersgal

beau is a boys name but in saying that i new a girl called jamie and i thought it was a lovely name even if it was a boys.

Sorry forgot to say i do actually like the name beau but unsure about it on a girl but then its your little girl not mine

mybabydoll

Love the Name it could be worse she could want to sing her after a famous singer that has a ridicolous name.

ElleEm

I think it's a lovely unisex name but are you aware that Bó in Irish translates to "cow" in English?
If she goes to a school that teaches Irish, she may be ridiculed for it.

phasers

Beau is definitely a boy's name, it's French for a good looking guy I think. Belle is the feminine.


But Bo is a girl's name, I've known a Bo or two. so I suppose it depends on spelling.

macbrada

Thanks all..still undecided so!

mikemac

macbrada wrote: »

Thanks all..still undecided so!

Setup a poll and we'll decide for you!

lynski

What about Boann?
the Irish mythology goddess of the River Boyne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boann

Grawns

You're not wrong it's a dire name for a boy. He won't thank you. Post this in the gentlemans club and see what they have to say - women are far more accepting of unusual names.

macbrada

Grawns wrote: »

You're not wrong it's a dire name for a boy. He won't thank you. Post this in the gentlemans club and see what they have to say - women are far more accepting of unusual names.

Grawns , your right me thinks...it would be okay if it was a social experiment to see if a child can succeed even when weighed down with a name like beau or Bo !!!!

bulmersgal

does anybody else think of Bo Selecta when they hear that name.

I think unusual names or spelling are grand with girls name but i always like traditional names for boys.

But in saying that my daughter is named Elisha pronounced L-isha and i could kill the next person who calls her Alicia after i say her name. She's only 10 months and part of me wishes i had just called her Alicia as it would be easier then.

Grawns

I went to college with a girl called Caira ( pronounced Cara). Needless to say, she was often called Ciara - made her very cross.

Saying that Elisha and Alicia do sound very similiar but Elisha is nicer and phonetic.

Dades

Grawns wrote: »

I went to college with a girl called Caira ( pronounced Cara). Needless to say, she was often called Ciara - made her very cross.

It's her parents she should have been cross with for giving her a common name with a stupid spelling.

Tabnabs

Another vote for it being a boys name



Is who I think of when I hear it.

Rosy Posy

I have a friend who called her little girl Beau. She is very girly. No one raised an eyebrow. If you want to be correct you might consider Belle?

paulyd83

as long as your second name isnt Jangles, you should be alright:D

obliviousgrudge

feelingstressed wrote: »

Beau is a boys name

With a name like that he'll probably end up as a movie actor :cool:

or a gay

amdublin

Baby spice, Emma watshername has a kid called Beau doesn't she?