Given name & surname
Beauregard
“handsome”·“a handsome man; an admirer”
Beauregard is a variant of Beau. Interpretations include “handsome” and “a handsome man; an admirer” (French). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Beauregard is a variant of Beau. Interpretations include “handsome” and “a handsome man; an admirer” (French). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Beauregard is a variant of Beau. An origin associated with Beau is French.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Beauregard is a variant of Beau. The history of Beau gives this family its wider story. The nickname Beau is associated with the Regency figure Beau Brummell. Beau’s adoption as a given name may have been encouraged by the hero of P. C. Wren’s Beau Geste and the character Beau in Gone with the Wind.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Beauregard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 627
- 627 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 53 babies
- 2025
- 32
- #3,521 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 32 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,521 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 0.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 53 in 2017. In 2025, Virginia had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 420 as a first name in 2020; 4,888 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Beauregard’s family of names
In English usage, Beauregard has a diminutive in Bo. Beauregard has a related form in Beau. In French usage, Beauregard as a surname has a related form in Prigogine.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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