Bo

Origin: English
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary

interjection Bo

An exclamation used to startle or frighten.

Etymology: Cf. W. bw, an interj. of threatening or frightening; n., terror, fear, dread

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Either borrowed from Scandinavian Bo, Old Norse Búi ("resident"), from búa ("to live", "to dwell"), bú ("dwellingplace"), with similar meanings in modern Swedish and Danish; or a spelling variant of the male given name Beau.

A male given name in occasional use since the 1970s.
A city in Sierra Leone

Bo was also found in the following language(s): Danish, Dutch, and Swedish

Notable Persons Named Bo

Bo Burnham

He was most prominent from 2006 to present. Bo was given the name Robert Pickering Burnham on August 21st, 1990 in Hamilton, Massachusetts, U.S.

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Bo Derek

Bo Derek is an actress. She has had major accomplishments since 1977. Bo was given the name Mary Cathleen Collins on November 20th, 1956 in Long Beach, California, U.S. Bo is also known as Kathleen Collins.

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Bo Jackson

Bo Jackson is a football player for the Oakland Raiders. Bo was born on November 30th, 1962 in Bessemer, Alabama, U.S.

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Bo Dallas

Bo was born on May 25th, 1990 in Brooksville, Florida. Bo is also known as Rotunda, Taylor, Rotundo, Bo; Rotunda, Bo; Mulligan, Tank; Rotunda, Tank; Rotundo, and Tank.

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Bo Diddley

Bo Diddley was a chicago blues, rhythm, blues, rock, and roll singer, musician, songwriter, record producer, and movie actor. He plays Gretsch. He holds the title Bo Diddley". His career lasted from 1943 to 2007. Bo was given the name Ellas Otha Bates on December 30th, 1928 in McComb, Mississippi, United States. Bo is also known as The Originator. He died on June 2nd, 2008.

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Bo Xilai

Bo Xilai is an office holder. Bo was born on July 3rd, 1949 in Beijing, China.

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Huang Bo

His most notable accomplishments were from 2000 to present. Huang was born on August 26th, 1974 in Qingdao.

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Liang Bo

Liang Bo is a pop rock and chinese rock musician. His most notable accomplishments were from 2012 to present. Liang was born on March 25th, 1991 in Jiutai District.

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Armando Bó

Armando Bó is a screenwriter. His ongoing career started in 2010. Armando was born in Argentina. Armando is also known as Bó Jr. and Armando.

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Qiu Bo

Qiu was born on January 31st, 1993 in Neijiang.

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Fang Bo

Fang was born on January 9th, 1992 in Tongcheng County.

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Consort Bo

Consort Bo is royalty. Her ongoing career started in 180.

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Year	Total Babies Born	Girls Born	Boys Born
1907	5	0	5
1916	10	0	10
1918	7	0	7
1919	6	0	6
1920	8	0	8
1921	6	0	6
1922	5	0	5
1923	5	0	5
1925	9	0	9
1927	9	0	9
1929	5	5	0
1930	8	0	8
1932	6	0	6
1935	5	0	5
1936	5	0	5
1940	5	0	5
1944	8	0	8
1945	6	0	6
1947	8	0	8
1948	10	0	10
1949	14	0	14
1950	9	0	9
1951	10	0	10
1952	13	0	13
1953	15	0	15
1954	14	0	14
1955	10	0	10
1956	12	0	12
1957	12	0	12
1958	21	0	21
1959	24	0	24
1960	27	0	27
1961	29	0	29
1962	27	0	27
1963	31	0	31
1964	23	0	23
1965	18	0	18
1966	27	0	27
1967	22	0	22
1968	25	0	25
1969	29	0	29
1970	25	0	25
1971	35	0	35
1972	49	0	49
1973	55	5	50
1974	45	0	45
1975	51	0	51
1976	59	0	59
1977	77	0	77
1978	73	0	73
1979	106	5	101
1980	263	31	232
1981	263	26	237
1982	177	17	160
1983	153	15	138
1984	219	18	201
1985	170	17	153
1986	187	13	174
1987	202	16	186
1988	187	15	172
1989	231	16	215
1990	293	16	277
1991	295	13	282
1992	291	15	276
1993	244	15	229
1994	209	16	193
1995	183	10	173
1996	200	9	191
1997	158	5	153
1998	185	9	176
1999	194	9	185
2000	157	5	152
2001	169	9	160
2002	173	14	159
2003	203	20	183
2004	215	11	204
2005	279	20	259
2006	296	29	267
2007	307	21	286
2008	282	21	261
2009	305	16	289
2010	274	18	256
2011	311	18	293
2012	307	19	288
2013	343	26	317
2014	426	14	412
2015	451	17	434
2016	479	27	452
2017	452	21	431

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Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity		Bo	U.S.
█	White	33.83%	64.26%
█	African American	4.45%	11.96%
█	Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander	55.64%	4.85%
█	American Indian and Alaska Native	0.00%	0.69%
█	Two or More Ethnicities	0.00%	1.76%
█	Hispanic or Latino	4.23%	16.26%

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Fun Facts about the name Bo

How Popular is the name Bo? Bo is the 2,370^th most popular name of all time. As a last name Bo was the 19,911^th most popular name in 2010.
How many people with the first name Bo have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 10,856 babies born with the first name Bo in the United States. That's more than enough people named Bo to occupy the country of Tuvalu with an estimated population of 10,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
What year were 5 or more babies first named Bo? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1907 when it was given as a first name to 5 new born babies.
When was Bo first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Bo is Sunday, June 11th, 1876.
What year had the most people named Bo born? The highest recorded use of the first name Bo was in 2016 with a total of 452 babies.
Random Bo Factoid: According to the 1994 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Bo is not a popular baby boy's name in New York. Imagine that, only 5 babies in New York have the same name as you in 1994.
Weird things about the name Bo: Your name in reverse order is Ob. A random rearrangement of the letters in your name (anagram) will give Bo. How do you pronounce that?
How many people have the last name Bo? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 1,348 people with the last name Bo.
How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Bo? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Bo as their last name since less than 1 person in 217k people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!