Bow for a girl?

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What do people think of this? Have you ever heard of this being used as a full first name?

Woman from school derides popular names. Apparently her daughter has a unique 'name' though to call it a name is a bit of a stretch as I recently discovered the girl is called Bow, as in a hair bow, not bow and arrow.

The unfortunate part is that the area they're in all the local accents, including their own, pronounce it as Bore. I feel sorry for the poor girl. I can't mention the middle name as that would be outing, but that's even worse. The poor girl, it doesn't aspire to much.

There were 20 girls registered as Beaux in the last stats and some boys 🤔

As a pp said, it's plural, and again masculine. There are some really dense people about.

I know, logically I get what you're saying.

But Beau isn't used as a given name in France, for either boys or girls, so French people would 100% think it was weird.

Even more so for Beaux, which as others have pointed out, is a plural.

What about arrow!??

That would have to be a boys name - points at the bow😛

Shouldn't that be Arreau? 😀

No strong feelings on Bow/Bo/Beau but I'm so jealous of these women called Bohemia and Isabeau - very cool.

Bow would be Bore in a strong Cumbrian accent, I think. And maybe in a Geordie/Durham/Mackem type accent too.

My daughters name is Bow and I love it Daisie-Bow to be precise and everyone calls her Bow.
I have Charlotte-Louise , Lillie and Connor and I wanted diffrent for my 4th . She is also a Rainbow Baby

I knew someone who named her daughter Beau, she said it was French for beautiful. Someone pointed out the feminine was Belle. She regretted the name after that.

https://names.darkgreener.com/#bow

Around 20 baby girls are named Bow each year in the UK plus a handful of boys so whilst it’s not by any means a common name it’s not completely unique or unheard of one.

pronounce it as Bore

Where on earth do you live to pronounce Bow as Bore?

I don't see how this effects you as it's not your child or your choice.
I know from personal experience how upsetting it can be to have my child's name pulled apart because it isn't to the taste of certain individuals.
It's one thing expressing an opinion on a name of a baby yet to be born (when people have asked for your opinion), but to pull a child's name apart who already owns that name is completely unnecessary.

Beautiful name.
In Irish "beo" means alive/lively.
There is a gorgeous Irish name meaning "living fire" which is often spelt "Bowie" to make it readable.
I love that it's different to the "-aya" names.

Just commenting to say I have an 11 year old daughter Beau 😅
I love it, she loves it and most people seem to love her name too ❤️

I'm sure there'll be a few people on this thread appalled by my name choice!

But beo in Irish is not pronounced the same as bow is in English?

Waaaaay better than Amelia for sure, that means "absence of limbs."

Well the OP is highlighting that this child pronounces her name like the OP says "bore" - i am guessing OP has s non-rhotic accent and the child herself is saying the name like "bó".
But I don't think historically "beo" had the y in it that modern accents have, hence why the Anglicised name is Bowie and not Beeyowee.
(hope not too technical.)

@SunnyFog I don't know how it was pronounced historically, but anglicisations are often approximations and unreliable as a guide.

Maybe but it's more likely a result of learners exaggerating the slender b. Described below from http://www.akerbeltz.org/index.php?title=Broad_vs_Slender

" First, Scottish Gaelic has lost some sounds. There used to be a slender [bʲ] [pʲ] [mʲ] [fʲ], but that distinction has been lost and replaced by a [j] glide before back vowels, and before front vowels, it's gone completely, e.g. bidh [biː]. What's the difference? The difference is that [bʲ] is one sound made with one smooth motion in your mouth. However, in modern Gaelic we get [bjɔː] beò in which three sounds are heard: [b], [j]. and an [ɔː]."

In Irish some native speakers do still use the old slender b. You can hear it on teanglann.ie in the Connacht recording for "beoir" (beer) but my phone is refusing to copy the link so you'll have search yourself.

Can I advise people not to use the name Bow in Yorkshire.
It will be pronounced "Ber" and sound pretty awful

This. You're being very u kind and judgemental and presuming lots of things about a child based on her name just because you don't like it. Your post is awful tbh

You can't call a girl Beau! Beau is the masculine form of Belle.

You can't call a girl Beau! Beau is the masculine form of Belle.

People call their girls Esmé, the masculine form of Esmée

Doesn't make it right.

Bow = awful

Bow?
No. Just no.