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[Opinions] Beauregard
I know it might be a bit much for most people but I really like Beauregard :) maybe as a middle name. what do you think? and wdyt of Beau as a full first name?
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Sounds too surnamey in style for a fn.
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I've known a couple of dogs named Beauregard-- it just sounds like a big mutt to me. I honestly think it's too froofy for a real person. Beau is a little too precious for me too. Bo is ok as a nn for something, but Beau just looks like it's trying too hard.
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It's delicious. :)
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Very Southern, but I think it's handsome. I don't like Beau by itself, though.
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As a first name I prefer just Beau. Beauregard seems a little frilly for my taste, but it works great for a middle name.
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I don't know why but I think this would be a good name (with the nickname Beau) for a pit bull. Again I don't know why. I don't see it working on a person though.
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Beauregard is very proper Southern old money to me. I think I like it better as a middle name. It is a little too proper for my taste. I do like Beau as a given name though. Not very common but not unheard of either.
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Beauregard is a bit too much Southern gentry/good-ol'-boy for me. It would be a great name for a coonhound, though-- the kind with long, floppy ears that feel like suede and a big, wet nose that's always tracking something. I really like Beau on its own. One of my cousins named her eldest son Beau. At first I wasn't sure about it, but it's grown on me, and now I think it's adorable.
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I love Beauregard! It's dashing and debonair.I only like Beau as a nickname.
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Reminds me of Civil War general Pierre Beauregard.
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PGT might be a big reason for me loving this name. I grew up hearing a lot about him. Gone With The Wind made me love it more though.
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I do declare!Hehe, that's all I think of when I hear it. I like it, I think it's very sophisticated and has a neat Southern charm. Nice meaning, too. I think it's just fine as a first name, and Beau is an easy nickname to shorten it too. I don't mind Beau on its own as a first name, either, but it loses that elegance. However, just Beau feels very down-to-earth and basebally, which I like about it.
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I love the way you described both of them :) it gave me a lot to think about.. thanks!
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I really like it even though I think it is a bit much. A touch ridiculous, but that's not necessarily bad :) Definitely prefer Beau as a nickname than as a full name.
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It's a word-name to me...all I can picture is a teenager calling for her beau (boyfriend). In my opinion, it's a rediculous first name, even as a nn. Beauregard is a bit much for me, but I don't hate it. I just worry knowing the most likely nn is Beau and then were back at the beginning of this paragraph.But as a mn, if you can find the right combo, I think Beauregard would be wondrful.
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I think it might depend on where you live, I'm in Texas and unless this name was passed down it would be strange to hear on anyone other than a dog (I have known 4 Beauregard dogs)...Maybe somewhere in the North where they dont hear it all the time they wouldnt have certain expectations?
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