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.
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