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does anyone have a dd called boo??

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nappyaddict · 05/02/2008 14:08

if so how do people react to it? do they think it is a bit odd?what about when they get to school - has anyone teased them about it?

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mellowma · 05/02/2008 14:42

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nappyaddict · 05/02/2008 14:41

not sure ... i know a few people have used it as a middle name, but i don't know anyone yet who has used it as a first name. some great great great aunt in our family had it as a middle name.

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ShinyHappyPeopleHoldingHands · 05/02/2008 14:41

There is a Boo on Monsters Inc if that helps... so her parents have a child with that name

BroccoliSpears · 05/02/2008 14:41

I like Boo for a name. It's sweet for a little girl but not too soppy for a teen or an adult.

ahundredtimes · 05/02/2008 14:41

I know a Blue.

3andnomore · 05/02/2008 14:39

Hm, is Boo actually a real name, lol...I know Beau is a boys name and Bo (as in Bo Derek) is a girls name...but Boo?

littlerach · 05/02/2008 14:29

My friend's dd is called boo as a nickname.

dittany · 05/02/2008 14:28

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VintageGardenia · 05/02/2008 14:27

Good, Slouchy! I had to make one up featuring my DS. It's rubbish but he loves that it uses his name!

lennygrrl · 05/02/2008 14:27

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Slouchy · 05/02/2008 14:26

ooh VintageG, thanks for reminding me of that joke. My Boo loves knock knock jokes and will be thrilled to know there is one with 'her' name in it!

misdee · 05/02/2008 14:25

dd3 gets called 'Boo' after the little girls in monsters inc. but its not her name.

frisbyrat · 05/02/2008 14:23

A friend has a dd with middle name Boudicca, nicknamed Boo. Too young for school yet, though!

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nappyaddict · 05/02/2008 14:23

beau is masculine but bo is both masculine and feminine.

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VintageGardenia · 05/02/2008 14:23

Boo for me is always the little girl in Monsters Inc. or the answer to the knock knock joke - Knock Knock - Who's there? - Boo - Boo Who? - Oh stop crying it's only a joke.

Bo is a proper Swedish (? Scandinavian anyway) name, e.g. Bo Derek.

DarrellRivers · 05/02/2008 14:21

DH and I have sadly come the conclusion that DD does not have a first name that goes with the sort of person who we can see being given a Nobel prize for advancement in physics (ie not a barrister name)
Need to consider these things in the immediate post=partum period,

cosima · 05/02/2008 14:19

beau is a boys name, the female equivalent is belle

expatinscotland · 05/02/2008 14:19

Tell me you're joking.

SoupDragon · 05/02/2008 14:17

'barrister name'

LOL! I always say that BabyDragon has a name for all professions from barrister to burlesque dancer

SoupDragon · 05/02/2008 14:16

Boo is fine as a nickname (or a middle name really since they don't tend to get used) but not as a first name (IMO)

Bo is different altogether, absolutely fine.

Slouchy · 05/02/2008 14:16

it was her real name (sigh)

Artichokes · 05/02/2008 14:15

That is Bo pronouned Beau - not boo.

Slouchy · 05/02/2008 14:15

My dd1 is nicknamed Boo, lots of people thought ot was her really name when they 1st knew her. It suits her but I am of the opinin that people need a sensible (friend calls it a 'barrister name')name as well.

Piffle · 05/02/2008 14:14

ulrikas dd is called Bo not Boo

Artichokes · 05/02/2008 14:14

I know a little girl called Bo. She is four and has not been teased yet. Lots of adults raise eyebrows though and I have to admit that many of her parents' friends had a good laugh about the name when it was first announced (although that is partly because of the way it pairs with their surname)

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