Boo



Gender:
Origin: Latin
44 famous people named Boo found on Wikipedia.

Meanings

Boo is a given name, nickname and surname.


Early 15c., boh, "A combination of consonant and vowel especially fitted to produce a loud and startling sound" [OED, which compares Latin boare, Greek boaein "to cry aloud, roar, shout"]; as an expression of disapproval, 1884 (n.); hence, the verb meaning "shower (someone) with boos" (1885). Booing was common late 19c. among London theater audiences and at British political events; in Italy, Parma opera-goers were notorious boo-birds. But the custom seems to have been little-known in America before c. 1910. To say boo "open one's mouth, speak," originally was to say boo to a goose. To be able to say Bo! to a goose is to be not quite destitute of courage, to have an inkling of spirit, and was probably in the first instance used of children. A little boy who comes across some geese suddenly will find himself hissed at immediately, and a great demonstration of defiance made by them, but if he can pluck up heart to cry 'bo!' loudly and advance upon them, they will retire defeated. The word 'bo' is clearly selected for the sake of the explosiveness of its first letter and the openness and loudness of its vowel. [Walter W. Skeat, "Cry Bo to a Goose," "Notes and Queries," 4th series, vi, Sept. 10, 1870]

Famous People: 44 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Majin Boo Fictional character
2 Gangsta Boo 1979 Rapper
3 Boo Weekley 1973 Professional golfer
4 Betty Boo 1970 British singer
5 Katherine Boo 1964 American journalist
6 Boo Williams 1979 American football player
7 Boo Hewerdine 1961 English singer/songwriter
8 Boo Junfeng 1983 Filmmaker
9 Prince Lee Boo Prince from Palau
10 Boo Boo Davis 1943 American blues musician
11 Boo Harvey 1966 American collegiate basketball player at St. John's University from 1988-1990
12 Boo Ellis 1936 American professional basketball player for the Minneapolis Lakers
13 Boo Jackson 1981
14 Boo Ahl 1969 Swedish ice hockey goaltender
15 Boo Morcom 1921 American pole vaulter
16 Boo Cook 1972 British comic artist
17 Jim Boo 1954 American ice hockey player
18 Boo McLee 1983 American football player
19 Boo Saville 1980 British artist
20 Boo Cheng Hau 1964 Malaysian politician
21 Bertil Boo 1914 Swedish singer
22 Boo Kullberg 1889 Gymnast
23 Ben Boo 1925 American politician
24 Boo Robinson 1987 American football defensive tackle
25 Jai Boo Rapper
26 Xosé Bar Boo 1922 Spanish architect and teacher
27 Boo Trundle American singer-songwriter
28 Bu Young-Tae 1985 South Korean footballer
29 Boo Ji-young 1971 South Korean director and scriptwriter
30 Sigrid Boo 1898 Norwegian writer
31 Karl Boo 1918 Swedish politician
32 Boo Soon-hee 1967 South Korean sport shooter
33 King Boo
34 Boo Thorin 1937 Swedish journalist
35 Kurt Boo Swedish canoeist
36 Boo Cassel 1949 Swedish translator
37 Arie de Boo 1936 Dutch politician (1936-1987)
38 María del Carmen Ferreira Boo 1973
39 Charles Ernest baron de Bagge 1722
40 Big Boo
41 Boo Malmborg 1905
42 Ignacio Boo 1725
43 Fritiof Boo 1908 Swedish politician
44 Boo Johansson 1952