Bo (first name)
Bo is a mostly male, but not clearly assigned a gender first name .
Origin and meaning
Bo comes from Scandinavian and means something like: the sedentary, the resident . The common pet form of the name in Sweden is Bosse , the "O" is pronounced more like "U".
It is also possible to use the short form of names such as Bonifatius , Bojan or Björn .
Name bearer
Bo
- Bo Bice (* 1975), American rock musician
- Bo Christensen (1937-2020), Danish film producer
- Bo Derek (born 1956), American actress
- Bo Diddley (1928–2008), American guitarist
- Bo Ericson (athlete) (1919–1970), Swedish hammer thrower
- Bo Ericson (ice hockey player) (born 1958), Swedish ice hockey player
- Bo Giertz (1905-1998), Swedish Lutheran bishop and Christian writer
- Bo Hansen (actor) (* 1983), German actor
- Bo Hansson (1943–2010), Swedish keyboardist and composer
- Bo Johansson (football coach) (* 1942), Swedish football coach
- Bo Johansson (weightlifter) (* 1945), Swedish weightlifter
- Bo Katzman (* 1952), Swiss gospel singer
- Bo Lidegaard (* 1958), Danish diplomat, politician, writer and journalist
- Bo McCalebb (* 1985), American-Macedonian basketball player
- Bo Nilsson (badminton) (born around 1935), Swedish badminton player
- Bo Nilsson (soccer player) (born 1944), Swedish soccer player and coach
- Bo Outlaw (born 1971), American basketball player
- Bo Poraj (born 1973), English actor
- Bo Skovhus (* 1962), Danish singer (baritone)
- Bo Spellerberg (* 1979), Danish handball player
- Bo Svensson (* 1979), Danish football player
- Bo Arne Vibenius (* 1943), Swedish film director
- Bo Weinberg , nickname of Abraham Weinberg (1897–1935), American Mafioso
- Bo Widerberg (1930–1997), Swedish film director, screenwriter and film editor
Bosses
- Bosse Ringholm (* 1942), Swedish politician
Fictional characters
- Bosses from the children's book series Wir Kinder aus Bullerbü by Astrid Lindgren