Is Beau pretentious?

[CinderellaRach]

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

Bo is totally different from Beau. The Scandinavian name does not mean 'handsome' and has no redneck connotations. A Swedish Bo is quite likely to be in his sixties, probably rather dull and ordinary, may use a diminutive (Bosse) to make himself slightly more interesting. A bureaucrat's name.

I'm not American!

BTW hellloooo tmmj! Haven't seen you for ages!

Horrific.

Only ever known one, and for reasons best known to himself he chose his own nickname- Beau. His real name was Melvin. Which, tbh, on consideration is marginally less hysterical.

Yes, it is pretentious. And horrible.

Basically everything Expat said.

@ BloomingFlowers

How on Earth do you know your family history all the way back to 1597?

I'm all Irish as far as anyone in the family can remember Although born and (mostly) bred in the UK.

I like Beau as a nickname that would embarrass him in front of friends. I can see myself enjoying that far too much.

Anyone remember Beau from Days of Our Lives....??

Now he was v dreamy.

Of all the names in the world why would any parent name their precious baby daughter Bo. It is a bloody awful name.

Beau is destined to be laughed at long and hard when he is a teenager.

Loving Expat on this thread.

OP, I think you said that your surname begins with an O.

You will therefore have to discount every single name beginning with B. You cannot have a child whose initials are BO.

I think the point is that the name has certain overtones in say, Charleston, South Carolina, QUITE distinct from the ones it would probably have in, say, Basingstoke.

I don't think the OP lives in the US.

Furthermore, does it really matter what a name actually means? Is Ursula only a name for bears? Last time I checked, all the Lindas I know aren't that beautiful. So what?

sorry but i really like it and were considering it for a boy or girl xxx

Hello expatinScotland-What about Beau Belles?

I used to know a Beau. He was one of the most ugly children I have ever know - in many ways. I do not say this lightly.

But that aside it is not a name I would lumber my son with. But hey if you like it, go for it...

I know a Beau... lovely lad. He's 22 now and liked by all who know him.

That's funny Cory. So Bo is like Brian, Derek, Roger... is that the vibe it has in Sweden.

That would make sense, because Ulrika called her youngest child Malcolm. Well he won't have to be Malcolm A will he!

Crikey it's not often i see such vitriol for a name.

This thread has nothing on the Daisy-Mae thread....

beau makes me think he's country.spittin on porch suckin teeth

Oooohhhh you have to make sure yourt son is going to be absolutely bloody gorgeous to be called Beau - because can you imagine how much he is going to get teased an bullied if he is a fat little piggy faced horror!

I think its a lovely name.

But Expat you have made me laugh

beau plays banjo and marries his sister mary-lou

My friends kid is called Beau. So now I think of a gorgeous little boy

This might have been said but Beau should not be a girl's name because it is French for handsome and very much masculine. Belle is the equivalent for a boy.

If you think Dukes of Hazzard - hillbilly

In the UK - yes, pretentious/silly. I know of a one year old boy called Beau. Parents are pretentious. I fear the child will suffer...

But at the end of the day it's your child and your choice

yeah