Bo

Norse nickname
"to live"

Bo Origin and Meaning

The name Bo is a boy's name of Scandinavian, Norse origin meaning "to live".

A popular name in Denmark, in this country Bo has some cowboy swagger and a lot of substance in its minimal two letters. In Mandarin Chinese, Bo means "wave".

# 478 in the US

Bo Rank in US Top 1000

# 522 on Nameberry

Bo Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Bo Popularity

Famous People Named Bo

  • Harold Elwin "Bo" Bice
    American singer
  • Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson
    American NFL and baseball player
  • Bo Dallas
    ring name of Taylor Michael Rotunda, American professional wrestler
  • Bo Diddley (born Ellas Otha Bates)
    American musician
  • Bo
    Jared Mitt, American Actor/Singer
  • Robert Pickering "Bo" Burnham
    American comedian
  • Robert "Bo" Goldman
    American Screenwriter
  • Jeong Bo Kyeong
    South Korean judoka
  • Eddie Bo Johan Franzén (b. 2011)
    son of ice hockey player Johan Franzen
  • Bohdan "Bo" Poraj(
    Pstrokonski), British actor
  • Bo Alexander Orbison (b. 2018)
    son of musician and record producer Roy Orbison Jr.
  • Bo Burnham
    comedian

Bo in Pop Culture

  • Bo Cocky
    main character in the 2006 film Supertwink
  • Bo Brady
    character in the American soap opera Days of Our Lives
  • Bo Duke
    a main character on TV's The Dukes of Hazzard
  • Bo Monkey
    a main character on TV's Fresh Beat Band of Spies
  • Bo Sinclair
    character in 2005 film House of Wax
  • Bo "Bibbo" Bibbowski
    character in DC Universe
  • Bo' Rai Cho
    in the Mortal Kombat video game series
  • Bo Abobo
    character in video game Double Dragon
  • Bo Sheep
    character in comic strip US Acres
  • Bo
    family dog of U.S. President Barack Obama
  • Boniface "Bo
    " character in Cornelia Funke's "The Thief Lord"
  • Bo Derek Thompson
    character on TV's "Superstore"