What do you think of Beau for a girl?

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This was top of my list for DD1 due in November, but worried it's becoming rapidly popular this year. I've heard it's also top of the shortlist for a few mutual friends.

Well it would be Belle for starters.

Please don't do it.

Er, no. It's a boys name. And even that's a stretch.

It's so horrible and wrong

Bo surely. You can't call a girl Beau any more than you can call a girl Richard.

i believe Bo, is the girl spelling, however i do think it is very pretty,and i prefer the beau spelling. Not sure why it should be Belle Bucharest?

What everyone else said

Belle because it's the feminine version of beau (which is masculine)

Bo or Belle for a girl
Beau for a boy.

That said, Isabeau is a girl's name in Belgium.

Horrendous. There are lots of pretty girls names, this is not one of them.

I just love the sound of the name Beau, I'm aware that it means handsome but girls can be handsome can't they?

But it is the masculine word .
Call her something else and use Bo as a nickname.

It's a silly name for a girl because it's a masculine word.

Better to do an ulrika and go for Bo.

Any suggestions on names that could have Beau/Bo as a nn?

I'd worry about her being teased about Body Odour at school with the spelling Bo!!!

It's a nice name but I've only heard it used as a boy's name. However giving girls boy's names seems to be quite acceptable these days. I have a friend with a female Sydney and another with a girly.... Jedidiah!

I just suggested Isabeau!

Isabeau is nice Belgo, do you know what it means?

Don't call her Bo then. Call her something beginning with B and nickname her Bo, that way she's not saddled with a masculine name or something which may cause teasing.
FWIW I think she would suffer more as an adult explaining Beau than she would from BO teasing.

I've googled it and Beaudine is the nearest long name.

I think there was a queen Isabeau, I will look it up.

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Do not pick Beau - she will be teased mercilessly and called BoPeep. Give her a name she can live with as an adult as well.

Horrible.sorry

Boadicea?

Warrior Queen of the Iceni

bo short for boadicea would be quite a name

beau short for beautiful is what my grandfather's cousin was called her whole life (pronounced bew).

My friend and I were talking about this as we were watching Loose Women. The blonde lady has a daughter called Beau. She said her daughter wishes she was called something much more mainstream and adds names onto the end of her name. Fwiw I love it, but also spelt Bo.

Bonnie?