Beau

Bo

French

"handsome"

Beau Origin and Meaning

The name Beau is a boy's name of French origin meaning "handsome".

Beau suggests someone devilishly handsome, with a large measure of southern charm—a nice image to bestow on your boy. Often solely a nickname in the past, it's now standing firmly on its own. Beau has been on the Social Security list non-stop since 1969.

Beau also has something of a dapper image, thanks to the fashionable Beau Brummell (born George), which led to the stylish New York mayor Jimmy Walker being called Beau James. Other notable Beaus had more formal names at birth—Beaus Bridges and Biden were both the third sons in their families to carry their fathers' names: Lloyd Vernet Bridges III and Joseph Robinette Biden III.

P.C. Wren's novel Beau Geste was a major bestseller in its day and was also a popular movie—in that case Michael was the character's birth name. Many will remember that the child of Ashley and Melanie Wilkes in Gone With the Wind was called Beau, and there was also a Beau on the old TV western Maverick.

And if you want a more substantial name on the birth certificate, try Beauregard.

Art Garfunkel, Emma Bunton, Wendy Wilson, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, and now Tori Spelling all have sons named Beau.

Beau Rank in US Top 1000

# 79 in the US

Beau Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 71 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Beau

• 79 US 2023
• 71 Nameberry 2025
• 59 Canada 2023
• 29 Future 2035
• 110 England 2023
• 163 Scotland 2024
• 29 Australia 2024
• 39 New Zealand 2024
• 196 Netherlands 2015
• 11 Dogs 2023
• 39 Cats 2022

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Famous People Named Beau

• George Bryan "Beau" Brummell English dandy
• Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges American actor
• Beau Billingslea American actor
• (Eldon) Beau Boulter U.S. Congressman from Texas
• Beau Burchell American guitarist for Saosin
• Beau Mark Bokan American singer of Blessthefall
• Beau MacMillan American celebrity chef
• (William) Beau Mirchoff American actor
• Beau Michael Brinkley American NFL football player
• Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden American politician; son of Vice President Joe Biden
• Beau James (born James John "Jimmy" Walker) American politician
• Richard "Beau" Nash British dandy
• Beau Brooks Australian comedian of YouTube group The Janoskians
• Beau Brady Australian actor
• Beau Kazer Canadian actor
• Beau Hoopman American Olympic rower
• Beau Daniel Bennett American hockey player
• Beau Ryan Australian rugby league player
• Beau Jarred Matthew Schekeryk (b. 1980), son of singer Melanie Safka
• Beau LeDoux (b. 1988) son of singer Chris LeDoux
• Beau "Grayson" Reed (b. 1991) son of singer Tanya Tucker and Ben Reed
• Beau Devin Cassidy (b. 1991) son of actor/singer David Cassidy
• Beau Alexander Knutson (b. 1994) son of singer Wendy Wilson and Daniel Knutson
• Beau Daniel Garfunkel (b. 2005) son of singer Art Garfunkel
• Beau Lee Jones (b. 2007) son of singer Emma Bunton of the Spice Girls
• Beau Henry Redknapp (b. 2008) son of singer Louise Redknapp and footballer Jamie Redknapp
• Beau Kyle Dykstra (b. 2013) son of actress Jamie,Lynn Sigler and Cutter Dykstra
• Beau Lee Stephen Crofts (b. 2014) son of actress Tina O'Brien and Adam Crofts
• Beau Dean McDermott (b.2017) son of actors Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott
• Beau Rush Bricken (b. 2017) son of American actress Virginia Williams
• Beau Bobby Bruce Schulman (b. 2019) son of Nev Schulman and Laura Perlongo.

The name Beau in Pop Culture

• Beauregard "Bo" Brady character on American soap opera "Days of our Lives"
• Beau Maverick character on TV's "Maverick"
• Beau Hutton character in film "Country Strong"
• Beau Hackman character on TV's "Lie To Me"
• Beau Berkhalter character on TV's "The Client List"
• Beau Teddy's ex,boyfriend on TV's "Good Luck Charlie"
• Beau Borroughs character in movie "Rumor Has It"
• Beau Andrews character in "The Sims 3" computer game
• Beau Wilkes character in "Gone with the Wind"
• Beauregard "Beau" Langdon character in American Horror Story: Murder House
• Beau Beasley houseguest on "Big Brother 6"
• Beau a deer villager from “Animal Crossing”
• Variations: Bo Bowe
• Beaufort "Beau" Swan character in "Life and Death: Twilight Revisited," the gender-swapped version of Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight"