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Beau

Usually a boy's name

Literal meaning
French beau, 'handsome, beautiful'; also short for names such as Beaumont Likely
Origin
French
Popularity

US 2025: #60 (boys) · England and Wales 2025: #108

Popularity: US Social Security Administration 2025; Office for National Statistics 2025, England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Related in meaning in Chinese

Source: Unicode Unihan

Chinese middle names linked to this meaning