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 from the Germanic languages in occasional use since the 1970s.

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

• [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

Alternative forms

• Beau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boː/

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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

Related terms

• (pet form): Bosse

References

• 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.