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I don't like the way it sounds. I think it's one of the most unattractive names around. It also seems too nicknamey on its own, as I believe it did start out as a nickname for Beauregard. And that gives it its negative association for me, as the vast majority of people who named their sons Beauregard were doing so to honor Pierre Beauregard, a Confederate general during the Civil War. So it brings to mind for me an unrepentant ex-Confederate who still believes that slavery was okay and that it was a great idea for the Southern states to secede, if only it had worked, doggone it!

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I know a Bo, by the way. The name sounds the same, though spelled differently, In his case, his real name is Robert, but he's always called Bo. His father wanted to name him Robert after himself, and his mother agreed, but hated the name Robert, and also hated Bob, and started calling him Bo as the shortest form of Bob there was. That's the story he tells.