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Boo for a boy ....

88 replies

nappyaddict · 14/01/2009 10:36

Yay or nay?

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ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 14/01/2009 10:38

In my brain - yay
Realistically - nay

Fimbo · 14/01/2009 10:38

Nope.

It's the little girl's name in Monsters Inc

belgo · 14/01/2009 10:39

should be Bo or Beau.

HelenBurns · 14/01/2009 10:39

Nay!

He has to get through adulthood too y'know!

MadameCastafiore · 14/01/2009 10:40

No to Bo, Beau or Boo - it is hideous!

daisy5 · 14/01/2009 10:40

Part of me likes it but.....no.

Kids sneak up and go 'boo'.

GooseyLoosey · 14/01/2009 10:40

To Kill A Mockingbird - local bogeyman (though turned out nice).

Sounds too 1950s American for me.

MadameCastafiore · 14/01/2009 10:40

The teacher will look atthe register at the beginning of term and have him down as a little oik immediately.

TsarChasm · 14/01/2009 10:40

As in Boo Radley? I think nay...I would assume it was a nickname.

ILikeToMoveItMoveIt · 14/01/2009 10:41

Boo Radley I believe.

morningpaper · 14/01/2009 10:41

Fine for a baby

Tragic for a man

SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 14/01/2009 10:42

As a nickname fine. But not a proper name.

Maclaren · 14/01/2009 10:43

think about it 11 year old starting senior school poor thing do you really want to put him through all the crap he will get because you gave him a stupid name!

MrsMattie · 14/01/2009 10:44

Nooooooo. Good God, NO.

No human should be named Boo.

HelenBurns · 14/01/2009 10:44

and it would be easily confused with 'poo' when he was learning to speak.

nappyaddict · 14/01/2009 10:45

I was just thinking I know a couple of girls with this name and it really suits them but don't know of any boys with it although it is similar to Bo which people often use for both boys and girls.

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MadameCastafiore · 14/01/2009 10:46

Seriously you know kids called Boo - it isn't a name it is a noise you make when you want to scare the pants off of someone!

Nancy66 · 14/01/2009 11:09

Ridiculous name. Seriously, you will ruin a child's life if you call them this.

rubyslippers · 14/01/2009 11:11

no

LolaTheShowgirl · 14/01/2009 11:12

that is just awful. bordering on child cruelty. beau is lovely and awfully twee though.

VinegarTits · 14/01/2009 11:13

I cannot believe anyone would be so cruel/stupid to call their dd Boo

Are they Chavs?

girlandboy · 14/01/2009 11:14

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

That's a no by the way.

Please don't! Can you imagine it when he's middle aged? And people will ask what it's short for ALL THE TIME!

NotADragonOfSoup · 14/01/2009 11:14

NO.

squeaver · 14/01/2009 11:15

Hurrah for a girl!

moonincancer · 14/01/2009 11:17

have another name you like for the certificate and just call him Boo..