Beaux is a modern American respelling of Beau, the French word for "handsome" or "beautiful"; strictly speaking beaux is the French plural, which gives the name a decorative, Louisiana-flavored look. Beau itself became a given name through Southern figures like Beau Bridges and the character Beau Wilkes in Gone with the Wind. Beaux climbed from number 4414 in 2000 to number 970 among boys' names in 2025, its first year in the US top 1000.