To say that 'Beau' is not a girls' name?

[mrsb26]

Over the past few months, I've come across an increasing number of baby girls named 'Beau.'

Am I wrong on assuming that this is French in origin, meaning 'handsome?' (or the masculine form of beautiful). Surely Belle is then the feminine form?

One was even spelt Beaux. This is the plural, right? The X doesn't make it feminine?!

Idk, maybe people don't really focus on definitions of names. Just found it a bit odd that it's becoming a bit of a trend.

All the Beau and Bo's I've met have been boys/men. It's a male name.

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I think Bo is a unisex Scandinavian name, rather than being related to Beau.

Variant I mean - gahhhdoi!

Tell that to Bo Dereck.

Beau said b-oh?

It's an attractive name, but I'd never use it for a girl for the reason you describe. YANBU.

I know a girl and a boy called Beau. I think it's lovely either way. I really can't see why it matters!

Beau is French for beautiful, but don't English-speaker use it also to design a boyfriend, as in "her beau is a good lad."?
Anyway, YANBU OP. It's not really pretty.

I've not read the thread so am not sure of what other responses you have had, but I understood Beau (don't it mean male beauty or handsome man?) to be for boys and Bo for girls. I used to work with a woman called Bo and she'd be late 40's now.

I think it's a bit odd to name a girl Beau. I can't get too worked up about it though. If I were to start a list of the names that I think are a bit odd, I would be writing for a very, very long time.

I agree with you re the direct translation from French but I quite like it. It's kind of cool and tom-boyish. I also like 'boys' names for girls.

I know of a little girl called what I thought was Beau (it's certainly pronounced that way) but she's actually called Bou. Makes my brain hurt trying to work out the logic...

don't?? sorry, I meant doesn't

Bó is cow in Irish.

Really does depend on the language, doesn't it!

Bo is actually a male name (Scandinavian)

I knew a little girl called Michael - after Princess Michael of Kent.

Strange, but true.

It looks girly, even though it's not so I can understand why

Bo is a boy's name in Sweden as far as I know (been here 10 years).

I like it. Can't get worked up about what people call their kids tbh, unless it's Gonorrhea or Satan.

Marion used to be a man's name, didn't it? Evelyn too.

I've just checked as I have nothing better to do. There are currently 89007 males in Sweden named Bo and 142 females.

There is a Bo (female) in DD's class.

I don't like it. But don't like it any more on a boy than a girl.

Bo can be short for Bonita. Reminds me of Little Bo Peep though!

Not quite the same, but Isabeau of Bavaria was around in the 14th Century. (I googled the name when I ran into an Isabeau and thought ??? )

Bo Derek is actually called Mary.