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Beau

Bo
French
"handsome"
Grace Royal
By Grace Royal
Updated Tue Sep 30 2025

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.

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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"

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