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What do you think of Beau for a girl?

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gypsycurlytots · 19/09/2010 10:15

This was top of my list for DD1 due in November, but worried it's becoming rapidly popular this year. I've heard it's also top of the shortlist for a few mutual friends. Confused

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belgo · 19/09/2010 10:34

I just suggested Isabeau!

seaturtle · 19/09/2010 10:34

It's a nice name but I've only heard it used as a boy's name. However giving girls boy's names seems to be quite acceptable these days. I have a friend with a female Sydney and another with a girly.... Jedidiah!

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gypsycurlytots · 19/09/2010 10:34

I'd worry about her being teased about Body Odour at school with the spelling Bo!!!

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gypsycurlytots · 19/09/2010 10:33

Any suggestions on names that could have Beau/Bo as a nn?

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pointydog · 19/09/2010 10:32

It's a silly name for a girl because it's a masculine word.

Better to do an ulrika and go for Bo.

Tippychoocks · 19/09/2010 10:31

But it is the masculine word Confused.
Call her something else and use Bo as a nickname.

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gypsycurlytots · 19/09/2010 10:29

I just love the sound of the name Beau, I'm aware that it means handsome but girls can be handsome can't they?

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SoupDragon · 19/09/2010 10:25

Horrendous. There are lots of pretty girls names, this is not one of them.

belgo · 19/09/2010 10:23

Bo or Belle for a girl
Beau for a boy.

That said, Isabeau is a girl's name in Belgium.

MarionCole · 19/09/2010 10:23

Belle because it's the feminine version of beau (which is masculine)

MarionCole · 19/09/2010 10:23

What everyone else said

cookielove · 19/09/2010 10:22

i believe Bo, is the girl spelling, however i do think it is very pretty,and i prefer the beau spelling. Not sure why it should be Belle Bucharest?

savoycabbage · 19/09/2010 10:21

Bo surely. You can't call a girl Beau any more than you can call a girl Richard.

skidoodly · 19/09/2010 10:20

It's so horrible and wrong

ILoveGregoryHouse · 19/09/2010 10:17

Er, no. It's a boys name. And even that's a stretch.

Bucharest · 19/09/2010 10:16

Well it would be Belle for starters.

Please don't do it.

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