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What names could be shortened to "Bo" ??

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mummyloveslucy · 28/09/2008 18:35

What mame could be shortened to "Bo", I don't know why, but I love the nickname Bo.
I like traditional, classic names inc old english but want to be able to shorten it to somthing really sweet.
I liked the idea of someone naming their son Hugo and for short "Huggs". That's what gave me the idea.

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nappyaddict · 01/11/2008 12:05

why not just Bo? Not the spelling Beau though - that is a boy's name. Isabeau is a very old name which comes from Elizabeth but they changed it to Isabelle when they realised Beau was the masculine word for beautiful in French and Belle the feminine.

laughinglil · 30/10/2008 22:46

my dd is Isla Bo I love it x

bikerunski · 05/10/2008 17:03

Come on MNers.... BODEN!

jellygirl · 03/10/2008 19:36

Bo is a Swedish boys name.
It means to live (modern swedish).
In old norse it means householder- thus a strong, reliable most treasured person.

laidbackinengland · 02/10/2008 20:58

I used to be in love with a Bosie . He is the only person I have ever met with that name and was in a Birdseye fish finger advert in the early 80's.

noahsmummy12 · 02/10/2008 20:56

u could just call ur baby bo. i no that is an actual name my friends godson is called that.

ilovemyflipflops · 02/10/2008 13:35

Boris.. er Borisetta.. erm Bod or was that a made up name??? although i was never sure whether bod was male or female..

nolongeraworriedmummy · 01/10/2008 20:42

isnt beatrice shorted to bo?

Sazisi · 01/10/2008 20:41

Tibo is spelt Thibaut.

We call our Roisin Bo, or Bobo

fin42 · 01/10/2008 20:32

What about Belinda?

StripeyKnickersSpottySocks · 01/10/2008 15:55

There is a French boys name pronounced Tibo - I think its spelt Thiebault, or Thiebalt?

notinlimboanymore · 01/10/2008 15:45

Wny not just call your child Beau/Bo?

MrsTeasdale · 01/10/2008 14:54

Rambo

AtheneNoctua · 01/10/2008 14:00

Bo Peep

cthea · 01/10/2008 13:54

Bodena

thehouseofmirth · 30/09/2008 18:51

I know someone whose name is Boaz (it's a bibical name) and he is know as Bo.

mamakim · 30/09/2008 14:23

Bodhi pronounced bodi. Like the bodhi tree in buddhism.

mamakim · 30/09/2008 14:20

Bodhi pronounced bodi. Like the bodhi tree in buddhism.

BeauSelector · 29/09/2008 22:40

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LurkerOfTheUniverse · 29/09/2008 14:53

pmsl @ ebola

nigeltuffnell · 29/09/2008 14:37

Tibo

pramspotter · 29/09/2008 14:35

I didn't mean boy for a name. That was a typo.

pramspotter · 29/09/2008 14:35

Beauregard?

For Boys?

Boden (old french name, not the store)

Boone

Booker

Boy

Boyd

Brody

all these could be shortened to Bo.

Playdough · 29/09/2008 14:33

For a boy, how about Boaz? (Old Testament, I think.)

LazyLinePainterJane · 29/09/2008 14:33

Ebola

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