Bo
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bo"
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Either borrowed from modern Danish Bo or Swedish Bo, or a spelling variant of the male given name Beau.
Proper noun edit
Bo
- A male given name from the Germanic languages in occasional use since the 1970s.
Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Bo
- A city in Sierra Leone.
Etymology 3 edit
Proper noun edit
Bo
- Synonym of Bomu (“Gur language”)
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Bo
- a male given name
References edit
- [1] 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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Bo m
- a male given name
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse Búi (“dweller, long-time resident”), originally a medieval byname.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Bo c (genitive Bos)
- a male given name
Related terms edit
- (pet form): Bosse
References edit
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [2] 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.