Bo

Etymology

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 in occasional use since the 1970s.
2. A city in Sierra Leone

Anagrams

• OB, Ob, Ob., ob, ob-, ob.

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.

Alternative forms

• Beau

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bo m

1. A male given name

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Bo c (genitive Bos)

1. A male given name.

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.