How's my boy?

and How's the boy?

Inf. How are you? (Male to male and familiar. The speaker may outrank the person addressed.) Bob: How's my boy? Bill: Hi, Tom. How are you? Fred: Hello, old buddy. How's the boy? Bob: Hi, there! What's cooking? Fred: Nothing much.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Temperance	TEM-prənts, TEM-pər-ənts	English (Archaic)
Mae	MAY	English
Raphael	['reifl]
Josefine	yo-se-FEEN (Swedish), yo-ze-FEE-nə (German)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German
Caedmon	KAD-mən (English)	History
Ethel	ETH-əl	English