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Boy name

Beau

Beau ranks #60 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 3 places, 24 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #51 among boy dog names.
Beau's popularity trend

Beau's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2018.

0.025%0.05%0.075%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
24
across 3 places
Popularity rank
#60
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
+182
2014 → 2019
Gender split
94% male
6% female94% male

Gender split comes from 50 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Beau mean?
/boʊ/1 syllable

Beau is simply the French word for “handsome,” used in English since the 17th century both as a word for a well-dressed suitor and as a given name in its own right.

Short and confident, Beau suits a pet with obvious good looks and easy charm, a name that doubles as a compliment every time you say it.

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Beau shows up

Cats named Beau per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.07%
SeattleWA, US0.07%
Surf Coast ShireVIC, AU0.25%

Cat names like Beau

BearBeanBeansBeatriceBeanieBeatrixBeautyBeaBeauregard

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French Cat Names