Is Beau pretentious?

[CinderellaRach]

What do you think of when you hear the name Beau?Thanks

bow and arrow.

Yeah, they like short names.

Easier to spell since you're leaving school at 14, anyway.

well Belle is clearly the worst Disney Princess.

Now I'm off to feed Bobby-Ray, Lily-Sue, Darlene and Cleetus.

@ expat.

Yep, very much a Deep South name to me, too. Ashley's kid in Gone with the Wind was called Beau for that exact reason.

Definitely a boy's name.

Beau's the type of guy who has a gunrack in the window of the cab of his pick up. The wall in his living room has a Confederate flag hanging up over the couch for decoration and window unit for a/c, hooked up to a generator under the aluminimum awning that passes for a patio outside the door of the trailer.

Beau has a woman called Charla or Shania and the two of them hang round the trailer park on Friday nights getting liquored up and firing rounds off the one person who's actually got a real patio off their trailer.

I've always liked Beau, conjures up images of John Steinbeck type characters.
A good wholesome name

Have you been spying on me expat?

My BIL is from Dickinson, TX, 5dollar.

His name is Larry. Not Lawrence. Larry is his God given name.

There were several 'Beau's in his elementary school.

Not so many in high school .

It's a terrible name.

The perfect present for Beau, aside from a 12 pack or ponyball of Miller Lite, is a tshirt that reads, 'Guns Don't Kill People. People Kill People,' or 'Bullets Don't Go Where You Want, They Go Where They're Aimed.'33

I know a young man called Beau who is now in his early 20s and i have known him since he was born. As a little boy it did seem a bit pretentious but he did go to a posh school so it might not have stuck out so much. Now he is training to be a vet, and spends all his time ice-climbing and other daredevil activities..and it seems to suit him brilliantly!

I kinda like it *disclaimer for downthecreek I do not have a son called Beau

It is kind of pretentious.

However that doesn't mean it's not a nice name.

I actually really like it, but if it were me I would use Beau as a middle name and call the DS that but give him a different first name, that way he has options for later life.

i like it.
i like poncey names
ergo, tis poncey

way i see it, someone has to name their children poncey names, may as well be us eh?

sorry 4 typing-bfng

no, it's just odd. I'm sorry but the similarity between BO (body odour) and Beau is just toooooooooo close.

oh god, I'm picturing a sweaty fat bow with a mullet in a t-shirt saying 'guns don't kill people, people kill people'.

shudder.

Horrid horrid horrid

I know a Beau. He's 13, plump and from NZ. He likes his name 'cos his mum told him it means 'handsome'.

l know a Bo (girl).

Not keen on that or Beau.

Expat you neglected t'mention Merle Haggard on the ray-di-oh.

And a NRA bumper sticker .

My cousin (21, somewhat "interesting looking" ) is Beau....I love it! it suits him perfectly!

love Love LOVE LOVE it

I like Beau. And you don't live in Texas do you? So who cares if it's a redneck name there.

because it's all coming at us in one direction.

once upon a time madison and page were American names. now they're both in the uk top 100

My DN is Beau. Georgeous looking 13 year old boy.

His brother is Toby. Also georgeous looking with all the girls chasing after him.