Bow for a girl?

I know a little girl called Beaux. I actually told DH that he was wrong and she couldn’t be…but she is.
Anyway I expect she’s in a class with Honey-Mae and Sigh Ann so no one cares except the French teacher.

Beauregard however is a wonderful traditional name.

I know of a little girl called Bow. It isn't for me but it's not offensive or anything

I think sometimes people forget they are naming a human, that may want to apply for a serious jobs, and not a chihuahua or a kitten. If you want to call child something like this, think of a sensible actual name (Roberta perhaps in this case), and use it as a nickname.

Are you certain the inspiration was a hair bow? I’ve heard the name before in relation to rainbow 🌈 and in relation specifically to ‘rainbow babies’.

Okay, so the OP came on here sneering at a real child's name, and sneering at their accent, and several posters have joined on the bullying. Shame on you.
The Babynames board is for sharing information and stories to help mums weave magic around their child's name.
Bow is a good name, it's short, sweet, easy to write, comes with a readymade emoji.

Bow?
No. Just no.

Bow = awful

Doesn't make it right.

You can't call a girl Beau! Beau is the masculine form of Belle.

People call their girls Esmé, the masculine form of Esmée

You can't call a girl Beau! Beau is the masculine form of Belle.

This. You're being very u kind and judgemental and presuming lots of things about a child based on her name just because you don't like it. Your post is awful tbh

Can I advise people not to use the name Bow in Yorkshire.
It will be pronounced "Ber" and sound pretty awful

Maybe but it's more likely a result of learners exaggerating the slender b. Described below from http://www.akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Broad_vs_Slender

" First, Scottish Gaelic has lost some sounds. There used to be a slender [bʲ] [pʲ] [mʲ] [fʲ], but that distinction has been lost and replaced by a [j] glide before back vowels, and before front vowels, it's gone completely, e.g. bidh [biː]. What's the difference? The difference is that [bʲ] is one sound made with one smooth motion in your mouth. However, in modern Gaelic we get [bjɔː] beò in which three sounds are heard: [b], [j]. and an [ɔː]."

In Irish some native speakers do still use the old slender b. You can hear it on teanglann.ie in the Connacht recording for "beoir" (beer) but my phone is refusing to copy the link so you'll have search yourself.

@SunnyFog I don't know how it was pronounced historically, but anglicisations are often approximations and unreliable as a guide.

Well the OP is highlighting that this child pronounces her name like the OP says "bore" - i am guessing OP has s non-rhotic accent and the child herself is saying the name like "bó".
But I don't think historically "beo" had the y in it that modern accents have, hence why the Anglicised name is Bowie and not Beeyowee.
(hope not too technical.)

Waaaaay better than Amelia for sure, that means "absence of limbs."

But beo in Irish is not pronounced the same as bow is in English?

Just commenting to say I have an 11 year old daughter Beau 😅
I love it, she loves it and most people seem to love her name too ❤️

I'm sure there'll be a few people on this thread appalled by my name choice!

Beautiful name.
In Irish "beo" means alive/lively.
There is a gorgeous Irish name meaning "living fire" which is often spelt "Bowie" to make it readable.
I love that it's different to the "-aya" names.

I don't see how this effects you as it's not your child or your choice.
I know from personal experience how upsetting it can be to have my child's name pulled apart because it isn't to the taste of certain individuals.
It's one thing expressing an opinion on a name of a baby yet to be born (when people have asked for your opinion), but to pull a child's name apart who already owns that name is completely unnecessary.

pronounce it as Bore

Where on earth do you live to pronounce Bow as Bore?

https://names.darkgreener.com/#bow

Around 20 baby girls are named Bow each year in the UK plus a handful of boys so whilst it’s not by any means a common name it’s not completely unique or unheard of one.

I knew someone who named her daughter Beau, she said it was French for beautiful. Someone pointed out the feminine was Belle. She regretted the name after that.

My daughters name is Bow and I love it Daisie-Bow to be precise and everyone calls her Bow.
I have Charlotte-Louise , Lillie and Connor and I wanted diffrent for my 4th . She is also a Rainbow Baby

No strong feelings on Bow/Bo/Beau but I'm so jealous of these women called Bohemia and Isabeau - very cool.

Bow would be Bore in a strong Cumbrian accent, I think. And maybe in a Geordie/Durham/Mackem type accent too.