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Bo (given name)

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

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Given name

  • Bo Anderson, birth name of American Brazilian DJ and producer Maga Bo
  • Bo Bergman (1869–1967), Swedish poet
  • Bo Bowling (born 1987), American football player
  • 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 Ljungberg (1911-1984), Swedish pole vaulter
  • Bo Svenson (born 1941), Swedish-born American actor
  • Bo Svensson (born 1979), Danish football player
  • 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
  • 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 Burnham (born 1990), American singer songwriter/comedian
  • Bo Burris (born 1944), American retired National Football League player
  • Bo Diddley (1928-2008), American R&B and Chicago blues musician
  • 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 Lamar (born 1951), American former basketball player
  • Bo Outlaw (born 1971), American former National Basketball Association player
  • Bo Pelini (born 1967), American college football head coach
  • 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

    • Fictional

  • Bo Cocky, the main protagonist in the 2006 film Supertwink
  • Bo Adams, main character in the Believe TV series
  • Bo Brady, in the soap opera Days of Our Lives
  • 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 Peep, in the Toy Story animated film
  • Bo Sinclair, in House of Wax (2005 film)
  • Bo' Rai Cho, in the Mortal Kombat video game series
  • Bo Abobo from the video game Double Dragon
  • Little Bo Peep, from a nursery rhyme
  • Bo Sheep, in the US Acres comic strip

    • References

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