Bo

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Proper noun 1.3 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Proper noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Proper noun 3.2 Alternative spellings 4 Swedish 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Proper noun 4.2.1 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

Either borrowed from Scandinavian Bo, Old Norse Búi ("resident"), from búa ("to live", "to dwell"), bú ("dwellingplace"), with similar meanings in modern Swedish and Danish; or a spelling variant of the male given name Beau.

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Singular Bo

Plural -

Bo

1. A male given name in occasional use since the 1970s.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: bo
• ob, Ob, OB

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

Old Norse Búi.

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Bo

1. A male given name.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Proper noun

Bo

1. Male first name.

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Beau

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Proper noun

Bo

1. A male given name popular in the mid-twentieth century.

[edit] Related terms

• Hypocoristic form: Bosse