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Name Boux

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Somethingneedstochange · 20/04/2023 14:45

So a relative through marriage neice, daughter has named her child Boux. 😳😳😳Yes I know they can call they're child what they want. But there are going to be a lot pronouncing it Box.

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Whichwhatnow · 20/04/2023 15:35

Believe it or not, I know a girl who goes by Boux (pronounced Boo), second name Cifer. So, randomly Lucifer with a B. Oddly I know another girl whose actual name is Boo and that doesn't seem quite so ridiculous 🤔

fairycupcakes · 20/04/2023 15:35

Oh dear just read baby is a little boy aswell. Essentially named after lingerie…. Why on earth didn’t she spell it Beau which is perfectly normal and not trying too hard to be unique and ending up with this connotation 🤦🏼‍♀️

Somethingneedstochange78 · 20/04/2023 15:35

Just want to add my name wasn't popular when I was at school. I never met anyone else with the same name until I was in seniors. It's popular now but I wanted to be called Karen.😂😂😂

toastofthetown · 20/04/2023 15:34

Whether people like the name or not, I think that offering up the names of family members up for criticism on a public forum is pretty nasty.

fairycupcakes · 20/04/2023 15:33

Somethingneedstochange78 · 20/04/2023 15:28

Omg there's underwear.😳😳😳

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https://www.bouxavenue.com/homepage?utm_medium=PPC-Brand&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=11586287742&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxYOiBhC9ARIsANiEIfZmF_ZtfAFawjwXAU0Y-t-Z9xtBEPBXZw70wGBOu7OpGbYMYYLXW9IaAmgsEALw_wcB

Bow/Beau pronunciation? If so why didn’t she spell it like that instead of lumbering a child with the name of a (predominantly) underwear shop 😳

Boux Avenue | Lingerie, Nightwear, Swimwear & Gifts

Shop our lingerie, swimwear and nightwear collections. Free standard delivery on UK orders over £40. Free returns by post or in store. Boux Avenue

https://www.bouxavenue.com/homepage?utm_medium=PPC-Brand&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=11586287742&gclid=Cj0KCQjwxYOiBhC9ARIsANiEIfZmF_ZtfAFawjwXAU0Y-t-Z9xtBEPBXZw70wGBOu7OpGbYMYYLXW9IaAmgsEALw_wcB

Somethingneedstochange78 · 20/04/2023 15:32

YearoftheRabbit23 · 20/04/2023 14:51

How are you supposed to pronounce it? Like chou (bou)?

Poor child. Is it a boy or a girl?

Little boy

CharlotteSometimes1 · 20/04/2023 15:31

Pronounced Bow presumably, like Beau?

Hazelnuttella · 20/04/2023 15:29

Boux Avenue was my first thought too.
I assumed it was pronounced Boo.

SirChenjins · 20/04/2023 15:29

Boo to rhyme with roo (roux)?

One of DD’s ex classmates has just named her son Bobbeigh. I suppose it shows imagination.

Somethingneedstochange78 · 20/04/2023 15:28

fairycupcakes · 20/04/2023 15:16

Like the underwear/pj shop Boux Avenue? Where Boux is presumably pronounced Bow?

Omg there's underwear.😳😳😳

Somethingneedstochange78 · 20/04/2023 15:26

fairycupcakes · 20/04/2023 15:16

Like the underwear/pj shop Boux Avenue? Where Boux is presumably pronounced Bow?

😂😂😂

fairycupcakes · 20/04/2023 15:16

Like the underwear/pj shop Boux Avenue? Where Boux is presumably pronounced Bow?

HJ40 · 20/04/2023 14:59

Boo?

Seas164 · 20/04/2023 14:54

Noux

TheInterceptor · 20/04/2023 14:53

Like in Monsters, Inc.?

YearoftheRabbit23 · 20/04/2023 14:51

How are you supposed to pronounce it? Like chou (bou)?

Poor child. Is it a boy or a girl?

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