Bo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"

English

Etymology 1

Either borrowed from modern Danish Bo or Swedish Bo, or a spelling variant of the male given name Beau.

Proper noun

Bo

1. A male given name of occasional usage since the 1970s.
   1. A male given name from the Germanic languages
   2. A male given name from French, variant of Beau
      1. A diminutive of the male given name Beauregard
      2. A diminutive of the male given name Beaumont

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Bo

1. A city in Sierra Leone.

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Bo

1. Synonym of Bomu (“Gur language”).

Anagrams

• OB, Ob, Ob., ob, ob-, ob.

Danish

Etymology

Old Norse Búi.

Proper noun

Bo

1. a male given name

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 23 931 males with the given name Bo have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Beau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bo
• Rhymes: -oː

Proper noun

Bo m

1. a male given name

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Búi (“dweller, long-time resident”), originally a medieval byname.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buː/

Proper noun

Bo c (genitive Bos)

1. a male given name from Old Norse

Related terms

• (pet form): Bosse

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 90 158 males with the given name Bo living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1940s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Vietnamese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔ˧˧]

Proper noun

Bo

1. a male home name