• Origin: English French-inspired name
• Meaning: unknown
• Gender: Female
• Pron: BOO

It has a unisex feel but has thus far been only used on females; of unknown meaning, the name became familiar in the United Kingdom after the launch of the lingerie brand Boux Avenue in 2011, founded by British entrepreneur Theo Paphitis. According to Paphitis, he was inspired by the name of a French waitress who served him while he was on holiday in France. The brand name has since taken on a fashionable, feminine association, and a handful of girls in the U.K. have been given the name since 2012.

Although sometimes claimed to derive from the French surnames Leboux (unverified meaning “the ox pasture”) or Lebeau (“the handsome”), there is no linguistic evidence connecting Boux to either. French dictionaries and surname registers list Leboux as an existing family name but do not support these specific etymologies, and the form Boux itself does not appear in older French usage as a given name.

In all likelihood, Boux is a modern invented name inspired by French phonetics—short, chic, and evocative of elegance—rather than a historically attested French word or surname.

Recommended sibling names (unisex): Adair, Bellamy, Cove, Dallas, Ever, Gray/Grey, Harvest, Indigo, Jae, Lake, Navy, Phoenix, Quinn, Raven, Salem, Temple, Waverly.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boux_Avenue
• https://names.darkgreener.com/#boux
• https://www.geneanet.org/nom-de-famille/BOUX