Bo (given name)

Bo is a mainly Swedish/Danish masculine given name, derived from an Old Norse nickname, bua, meaning "to live".[1] A variant of Bo is the Swedish Bosse. Bo is uncommon as a surname. Bo is also short for several names, including Beaufort, Beauregard, Bonita or Bonnie.

Notable people

Given name

Bo Anderson, birth name of American Brazilian DJ and producer Maga Bo
Bo Bergman (1869–1967), Swedish poet
Bo Boustedt (1868–1939), Swedish Army lieutenant general
Bo Bowling (born 1987), American football player
Bo Carpelan (25 October 1926 – 11 February 2011), Finnish poet and author
Bo Danske, 13th-century Danish philosopher
Bo Ericson (1919–1970), Swedish hammer thrower
Bo Hamburger (born 1970), Danish former cyclist
Bo Hansson (1943–2010), Swedish musician
Bo Holmberg (1942–2010), Swedish politician
Bo Johansson (born 28 November 1942), Swedish former football player and current football coach
Bo Larsson (born 5 May 1944), former Swedish football midfielder/striker
Bo Ljungberg (1911–1984), Swedish pole vaulter
Bo Levi Mitchell (born March 3, 1990), Canadian football quarterback
Bo Goldman (born September 10, 1932), American writer, Broadway playwright, and screenwriter
Bo Mossberg, Swedish author and illustrator of Den nya nordiska floran
Bo Nix (born February 25, 2000), American football quarterback
Bo Persson (table tennis), former Swedish table tennis player
Bo Petersson, (born 10 July 1946), Swedish football manager and former football player
Bo Randall, (September 27, 1909 – December 25, 1989), American knifemaker
Bo Johan Renck, (born 5 December 1966), Swedish director of music videos, TV and film
Bo Scarbrough (born 1996), American football player
Bo Svenson (born 1941), Swedish-born American actor
Bo Svensson (born 1979), Danish football player
Bo Vestergaard (born 27 November 1965), Danish lightweight rower
Bo Widerberg (1930–1997), Swedish film director

Nickname

Bo Belinsky (1936–2001), American Major League Baseball pitcher
Bo Bice (born 1975), American singer who placed second on the fourth season of American Idol
Bo Bruce (born 25 November 1984), English singer-songwriter
Gudmundur S. (Bo) Bodvarsson (1952–2006), Icelandic hydrogeologist
Bo Bolinger (1932–2011), American football player
Jérôme Napoléon Bonaparte (1805–1870), American farmer, son of Napoleon Bonaparte's brother Jérôme and Elizabeth Patterson
Bo Brown (1906–1996), American cartoonist
Bo Burnham (born 1990), American singer songwriter/comedian
Bo Burris (born 1944), American retired National Football League player
Bo Callaway (April 2, 1927 – March 15, 2014), American politician and businessman
Bo Cornell (born 1949), American retired National Football League player
Israel "Bo" Curtis (1932-2012), African-American educator and politician
Bo Derek (born 1956), American actress
Bo Diddley (1928–2008), American R&B and Chicago blues musician
Bo Goldman (born September 10, 1932), American writer, Broadway playwright, and screenwriter
Bo Gritz (born January 18, 1939), American former US Army officer and perennial candidate
Bo Halldórsson (born 16 April 1951), Icelandic pop singer
Bo Hopkins (born 1942), American actor
Bo Horvat (born 1995), Canadian hockey player
Bo Jackson (born 1962), American former National Football League and Major League Baseball player
Bo Kimble (born 1966), American basketball player
Bo Lamar (born 1951), American former basketball player
Bo McCalebb (born May 4, 1985), American-Macedonian professional basketball player
Bo Mitchell (born September 5, 1970), representative in the Tennessee House of Representatives
Bo Outlaw (born 1971), American former National Basketball Association player
Bo Pelini (born 1967), American college football head coach
Bo Rein (July 20, 1945 – January 10, 1980), American, football player, baseball player, and football coach
Bo Roberson (July 23, 1935 – April 15, 2001), American, track and field athlete, and football player
Bo Robinson (born 1956), American retired National Football League player
Bo Ryan (born 1947), American college basketball coach and former player
Bo Schembechler (1929–2006), American football player, college head coach and administrator
Bo Songvisava (born 1979/1980), Thai chef
Bo Welch (born November 30, 1951), American production designer, art director, film and TV director, actor

Fictional characters

Bo Adams, main character in the Believe TV series
Bo Abobo from the video game Double Dragon
Bo, a character from the video game Brawl Stars
Bo Brady, in the soap opera Days of Our Lives
Bo Buchanan, in the soap opera One Life to Live
Bo Callahan, main draft prospect in the movie Draft Day
Bo Cocky, the main protagonist in the 2006 film Supertwink
Bo (Lost Girl) (Bo Dennis), protagonist of the Canadian TV series Lost Girl
Bo Duke, one of the main characters in The Dukes of Hazzard TV series
Bo Monkey, a main character in the Nickelodeon TV series Fresh Beat Band of Spies
Bo Orlov, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army
Little Bo Peep, from a nursery rhyme
- Bo Peep, in the Toy Story animated film
Bo' Rai Cho, in the Mortal Kombat video game series
Bo Sheep, in the US Acres comic strip
Bo Sinclair, in the 2005 film House of Wax
Bo, a cheetah from the British animated TV series Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies
Bo, a cartoon character in Muse magazine
Bo, an orphan named "Boniface" in the Cornelia Funke novel The Thief Lord
Bo, the main protagonist of the 2017 animated film The Star
Bo Hess from the movie Signs

References

"View Name: Bo". behindthename.com. Retrieved 2007-12-18.