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Meaning

The name Beau has the following meaning:

Handsome man. Brings to a mind a charming and good-looking young man.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

Popularity

As a baby boy name, Beau is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 451 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In both Years 2008 and 2009, the name Beau remained at the same ranking of 396.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Beau in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Pronunciation

The name Beau is pronounced as bow

Origins

Beau originates from the French language.
See other suggested French boy baby names.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Beau and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Beau: Boys - Cade, Channing, Cordell, Coty, Deonte, Foy, Laron, Girls - Amiyah, Belle, Chantal, Chantell, Deja, Delight, Desirae, Edmonia, Larue, Luty, Noelia, Shantell, Both genders - Blaise, Chandler, Dabney, Delaney, Desire, Dior

Variants

Popular Variants for the name Beau: Beal, Beale, Beaudan, Beauden, Beaudine, Beaudyn (Dutch), Beauregard, Bo, Boe

Style

We think the name Beau should fall under the following style category: Cool.

See other Cool boy names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Beau to be: A good-looking boy

In one word, you might describe Beau as a(n) "attractive" person.

See other "attractive" names for boys.

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Famous persons

The names of some famous persons by the name Beau (or its variants) are:

Beau Bridges, born on 9 December, a famous actor. Beau Bridges's background: An American actor. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his college sweetheart, Dorothy Dean Simpson. He was nicknamed 'Beau' by his mother and father after Ashley Wilkes' son in Gone with the Wind, the title of the book they were reading at the time. Bridges is also the older brother of actor Jeff Bridges, born in 1949. Their sister Cindy was born in 1950. In 1989, he starred opposite his brother in perhaps his best known role, as one of The Fabulous Baker Boys.

Beau Smith, born on 17 December, a famous writer. Beau Smith's background: An American comic book writer and columnist, best known for his work for DC Comics, Image Comics, IDW Publishing and as VP of Marketing for Eclipse Comics.
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