Beau

[ConnorCamden]

What do you think of Beau for a boy?

I quite like it. Sorry that's not too helpful is it?! It's not a fave, but I don't dislike it.

I like it. Would depend on what your surname is though - I think a short name like this suits a longer surname iyswim.

Surname begins with T, popular boys name, two sylables, ends in the UH sound

Quite nice. Agree that a two syllable surname works better than a one syllable one (whereas we have a short one syllable surname and both ds's have 2/3 syllable first names).

It means beautiful, if he's ugly he'll look a total tit.

Wtf...."If he's ugly he'll look like a total tit".....????

a) not a very nice thing to say

b) my name derives from that of a roman goddess....I don't recall anyone taking the piss because I don't look particularly 'divine'

HappyCamel, do you really think that all Graces are graceful, all Hectors are bullies, all Claudias are lame, all Quentins are the fifth born etc. etc. Also, beautiful can refer to a person's character, for example.

Lovely name but the only Beau that I know is female so I would automatically assume it was a girl's name

Beau is definitely a boys name (female version is Belle), and I think it's a great name.

if your srname begins with T will he sound like he's called Boat?

Just a thought?

Sounds a bit like a celeb faddy name, but one of the better ones!

My favourite MNer has a v handsome Beau. I love it.

Patty, it's a masculine, French word. A female Beau is like a female Trevor.

The female version of Beau is Belle. And not all the female Belles/Bellas that I know are beautiful....still a lovely name though .

Oh, sorry, missed your post Edith.

I love it. Had an adored and very much missed Golden Retriever called Beau , and he was very handsome!

If your surname is Tyler you'll need to be aware of the 'bow tie' angle.

Other T names, I'd echo iloveberries' point about sounding like Boat.

It's not a name, it's a word. You can't call children random words.

Ah, come now, Seeker, it's got form - Beau Geste, Beau Brummell - though I accept that it probably wasn't a given name in either case.

Michael (I think) and George respectively.

But lots of names are derived from or are actually words - Will, Herb, Grace, Violet etc. etc. And Beau isn't even an English word.

In fact, Will is the name I do find irritatingly close to the verb 'will', the noun 'the last will'. But Beau - wouldn't bother me at all.

I though William and Aherbert hqve always been proper names, haven't they? And flowers hqve been used as girl's names forever. Beau is just silly.it's not a name, it's the French for beautiful.

I love Beau. Agree that it depends enormously on the surname. Wasn't Melanie Wilkes' son in Gone With The Wind called Beau? Short for Beauregarde, IIRC.

Edith and SoH I agree, I always thought it was a boys name, but it didn't seem appropriate to say that to the mother of DDs friend when they were introduced in reception

I love the name. I wanted to call one of my sons Beauregard, but my exH wouldn't have it. The name is French and means beautiful gaze.

The reason I wanted the name was that I am from the Deep South in the USA, but am living in England. I wanted my son to have some Southern roots.

I know two Beau's, one boy and one girl (both 1 year old) and I also know a girl called 'Bo' (3yrs) though its pronounced the same

I like Beau, do think it needs a strong surname to go with it though.