Boo for a boy ....

[nappyaddict]

Yay or nay?

I have to admit to calling my DS2 Boo (he's 9 months), usually when he's just woken up! I normally look over his cot and say "Hello, Boo." However, that is not his real name and would be absolutely horrified if anyone else called him Boo. I call him by his real name in public btw so am not completely mad!

NO!!! Please don't

oh my lordy ! no

NN fine but not as a proper name

Rempy - what do you mean spell it properly?

Boo is a "real" name but as I said it is conventionally a girl's name. None of the girls I know have ever been teased for being called Boo. I suppose a boy might get teased for having a girl's name though.

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I used to call dd2 thus when she was a baby too. Cute little pet name but nooo as 'proper' name!

do you mean Bo??

No Bo is commonly known as a unisex name. I mean Boo.

ooh no, it's awful.

There was a boy in the playbarn today called Boo. I assumed it was a nickname. It has a lot of scope for jibes at school don't you think?

Yes as I have already said possibly for having a girl's name.

I've never heard it as a name for either. I would think imagine there would be a lot of ghost like booing that would wear thin.

It's what they yell at the football when they disagree with the ref, no?
Boooooooo!!
If you called him in the playground everyone would think you were heckling him!

Nappyaddict, I would think the "girls' name" aspect would be the last thing that would come to a child's mind when teasing him about his name. Boo Radley is probably the only Boo that most people have ever heard of and he was a he. I always assumed it was a nickname even for the fictional character- I'm sure there has been some analysis done of the reason for the name choice in the story though - you might wan to see what that says?

Just checked, Boo Radley's "real" name was Arthur.

as squeaver said 'hooray for a girl'. i seriously thought the OP was upset at having a boy!! till i read the thread. but no no no. dh has a 70yr old uncle darling, but it is a nickname and not on his credit card or passport!

Find something that you can shorten to make Boo, I would think it's too girly anyway. sorry

Boswell, Bernard, Benedict could be Boo

oi nothing wrong with Boo

not too sure for boys name though

Er, have you been watching the golf then?
Boo Weekly (if that is his real name) is American.

'Your name please/'
'Boo Smith.
'Boo Who?'

Nuff said.

I had a sweet little cat named Boo.

Have to agree with it being an ok nickname but not ideal for the birth certificate.

DelightedOldBag - Boo Weekly's name is Thomas. His nickname comes from Yogi Bear's sidekick Boo Boo.

Elf, do you by chance have a Boo of your own?

For the LARF, call him Beauregarde and bo for short.

I do have a Boo of my own
Its DD's middle name.

Where do you live ElfOnTheTopShelf I know a little girl with Boo as the middle name.