German: of uncertain origin; probably from Old High German
buan ‘to live at a place’, or an occupational name from
Middle High German bu, bou ‘cultivation’ or perhaps
from a short form of compounds with this element, such as
Bauhofer, Baumann.French: of uncertain
origin. Perhaps a variant of Beau meaning ‘handsome’, though it
has also been suggested that it may derive from an obsolete personal
name of Germanic origin.Chinese : variant of
Bao 1.Chinese : variant of Bao 2.Chinese : variant of Bao 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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