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Worldwide, Boote (Bote , Boote , 布特 ) is quite a rare principally male, but very infrequently female forename. The forename Boote is habitual in Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Nepal, where it is a rare masculine name, and South Africa, where it is a rare principally boy's, but very infrequently girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, the name is most common in Ethiopia, India, and Nepal. More frequently, Boote is the last name as well as the forename.
Boote is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bote , the operatic character in the opera Bomarzo; Bote des Prinzen von Sinodal , the operatic character in the opera Der Dämon, The Demon; Bote , the operatic character in the opera Il Sant’Alessio, Il Sant'Alessio; Bote , the operatic character in the opera Das unterbrochene Opferfest and Bote Nebukadnezars , the operatic character in the opera Judith (Matthus).