Ever heard of the name "Bouaty"?

[edwards96]

The link below shows a baptism record for a William Edwards whose parents are Richard and Bouaty. I myself have never come across the name "Bouaty" before but was wandering if someone knows if the name is a diminutive of another more common name.
Any help will be much appreciated

Regards
Edwards96

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0j9m/

[aghadowey]

The Ancestry link doesn't work if you don't have a subscription.

[sillgen]

My first thought was that it was a mis-spelling of Beauty.  I see William was a twin.  Brother George.
Andrea

[Gardener]

I wondered if it was Bounty - short for Bountiful. Still not a very common name though.

[sillgen]

Could be Bonaty - but still never heard of it.
Andrea

[aghadowey]

Tried to look with the new link in first post put still get Ancestry subscription page.

[JenB]

That's because it's exactly the same link - it's just been 'shrunk' 

[MarksWife]

i agree it looks like Bonaty and Bouaty! Not very helpful, sorry! 

[polly88]

It definitely looks like Bouaty or Bonaty, very clearly!  I've never heard of it as a first name but I just googled it and a person with Bouaty as a first name is on FaceBook!  It's perhaps a foreign name.