Beatrice (given name)
 Dante Gabriel Rossetti's depiction of Dante's Beatrice in Beata Beatrix | |
| Pronunciation | English: /ˈbiː(ə)trɪs/ BEE-(ə-)triss Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin |
| Meaning | "bringer of joy, blessings" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Beatrix, Béatrice, Beatriz |
Beatrice (/ˈbiː(ə)trɪs/ BEE-(ə-)triss, Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe])[1] is a female given name. The English variant is derived from the French Béatrice, which came from the Latin Beatrix, which means "blessed one".[2]
Beatrice is also the Italian language version of Beatrix. The Spanish and Portuguese form is Beatriz. The popularity of Beatrice spread because of Dante Alighieri's poetry about the Florentine woman Beatrice Portinari. Dante presents Beatrice as being worthy of speaking for God, making her a holy individual.[3]
The name is rising in popularity in the United Kingdom. It is also gaining popularity in the United States, where it ranked as the 691st most popular name for baby girls born in 2012. In 2009, it was the 45th most common baby name for girls born in Romania.[4]
Name variants
[edit]Alternate versions of the name include
- Beata (Polish, Swedish)
- Beate (German, Norwegian)
- Béatraís (Irish)
- Beatrica (Croatian, Slovakian)
- Beatriçe (Albanian)
- Béatrice (French)
- Beatrice (Italian)
- Beatričė (Lithuanian)
- Beatrijs (Dutch)
- Beatrika (Slovene)
- Beatrice, Beatrix (Indonesian)
- Βεατρίκη (Veatriki) (Greek)
- Beatris (English)
- Beatrisa (Latvian)
- Beatrise (Latvian)
- Beatričė (Lithuanian)
- Beatriss (English)
- Beatriu (Catalan)
- Beatrix (Latin)
- Béatrix (French)
- Beatriz (Galician, Portuguese, Spanish)
- Beatrycze (Polish)
- Beitris (Scottish Gaelic)
- Betrys (Welsh)
Short forms include
- Bea (Italian, Dutch, English, German, Galician, Spanish, Catalan)
- Béa (French)[citation needed]
- Beah (English)[citation needed]
- Beasie (English)
- Beat (English, Polish)[citation needed]
- Beatie (English)[citation needed]
- Beato (English)[citation needed]
- Bee (English)
- Betty (Spanish)
- Bia (Portuguese)
- Bice (Italian)[citation needed]
- Trix (Dutch, English)
- Trixi (English, German)
- Trixie (English)
- Trixy (English)
- Tris (English)
Beatrice
[edit]Artists and entertainers
[edit]Actresses
[edit]- Beatrice Alda (born 1961), American actress and filmmaker
- Bea Arthur (1922–2009), American actress and comedian
- Mademoiselle Beatrice, stage name of Marie Beatrice Binda (1839–1878), Italian-born actress in England
- Beatrice Colen (1948–1999), American actress
- Beatrice Irwin (1877-1953) actress, poet, designer
- Bebe Neuwirth (born 1958), American actress
- Beatrice Roberts (1905–1970), American actress
- Beatrice Rosen (born 1984), French-American actress
- Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865–1940), born Beatrice Rose Stella Tanner, English actress
- Beatrice Winde (1924–2004), American actress
Other
[edit]- Beatrice Gjertsen Bessesen (1886–1935), American operatic soprano
- Beatrice Bligh (1916–1973), Australian gardener
- Beatritz de Dia (fl. late 12th century), Provençal poet and musician
- Beatrice Egli (born 1988), Swiss pop and Schlager singer
- Beatrice Hastings, pen-name of English writer, poet and literary critic Emily Alice Haigh (1879–1943), lover of Modigliani
- Beatrice Partridge (1866–1963), English-born New Zealand painter
- Béatrice Poulot (born 1968), French singer from Réunion
- Beatrice Redpath (1886–1937), Canadian poet, short story writer
- Beatrice (singer), singer in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
- Beatrice Laus (born 2000), Filipino-British singer-songwriter and guitarist
- Beatrice Wood (1893–1998), American artist and studio potter
Athletes
[edit]- Beatrice Allard (born 1930), former pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League during the 1949 season
- Beatrice Armstrong (1894–1981), British diver
- Béatrice Berthet, Swiss Paralympic skier
- Beatrice Bofia (born 1984), Cameroonian American basketball player
- Beatrice Bürki (born 1965), Swiss diver
- Beatrice Callegari (born 1991), Italian synchronised swimmer
- Beatrice Capra (born 1992), American tennis player
- Beatrice Câșlaru (born 1975), Romanian former swimmer
- Beatrice Chebet (born 2000), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Beatrice Chepkoech (born 1991), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Beatrice Dömeland (born 1973), German volleyball player
- Beatrice Domond (born 1995), regular-footed American skateboarder
- Beatrice Gärds (born 1997), Swedish footballer
- Beatrice Faumuina (born 1974), New Zealand world champion discus thrower
- Beatrice Frei, Swiss curler
- Beatrice Goad (born 1997), Australian footballer
- Beatrice Grasso (born 1995), Italian canoeist
- Béatrice Hess (born 1961), French Paralympic swimmer
- Beatrice Hill-Lowe (1869–1951), Irish archer
- Beatrice Huștiu (born 1956), Romanian competitive figure skater
- Beatrice Jepchumba (born 1983), Kenyan long-distance runner
- Beatrice Lanza (born 1982), Italian triathlete
- Beatrice Lungu (born 1956), Zambian sprinter
- Beatrice Masilingi (born 2003), Namibian sprinter
- Beatrice Merlo (born 1999), Italian professional footballer
- Beatrice Mompremier (born 1996), American basketball player
- Béatrice Mouthon (born 1966), French triathlete
- Beatrice Parrocchiale (born 1995), Italian volleyball player
- Beatričė Rožinskaitė (born 1992), Lithuanian competitive figure skater
- Beatrice Scalvedi (born 1995), Swiss alpine skier
- Beatrice Shilling (1909-1990), British aeronautical engineer, motorcycle racer and sports car racer
- Beatrice Tornatore (born 1999), Italian group rhythmic gymnast
- Beatrice Utondu (born 1969), Nigerian former sprinter
- Beatrice Vio (born 1997), better known as Bebe Vio, Italian wheelchair fencer
- Beatrice Wallin (born 1999), Swedish professional golfer
Politicians and public servants
[edit]- Beatrice Aitchison (1908–1997), Director of Transportation Research in the Bureau of Transportation of the United States Postal Service
- Beatrice Anna Lewis (suffragette) (1889–1976), British suffragette, member of the militant Women's Social and Political Union.
- Béatrice Bellamy (born 1966), French politician
- Beatrice Hall (1921–2018), American politician
- Beatrice Lorenzin (born 1971) Italian politician
- Beatrice Nkatha (1957–2024), Kenyan politician
- Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota (1919–2002), British Government minister and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
- Beatrice Trew (1897–1976), Canadian socialist politician
- Beatrice Wishart (born 1955), British politician
- Beatrice Wright (1910–2003), American-born British politician
Religious figures
[edit]- Beatrix or Beatrice (fl. 4th century), Christian martyr; see Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix
- Saint Beatrice d'Este (1191–1226), Italian Roman Catholic saint
- Beatrice of Silva (1424–1492), Portuguese nun and saint
- Blessed Beatrice of Nazareth (1200–1268), Flemish nun
- Blessed Beatrice of Ornacieux (ca. 1240–1306/1309), French nun and religious leader
Scientists, engineers and academics
[edit]- Beatrice Gelber, American psychologist
- Beatrix Havergal (1901-1980), English horticulturist
- Beatrice Hicks (1919-1979), American engineer
- Beatrice M. Hinkle (1874–1953), American pioneering feminist, psychoanalyst and writer
- Beatriz Ghirelli (1915-1992), Argentinian engineer, pioneer of standardisation practices.
- Beatrice Krauss (1903–1998), American botanist
- Beatrice Rivière, French applied mathematician
- Beatrice Shilling (1909–1990), British aeronautical engineer and motorcyclist
- Beatrice Tinsley (1941–1981), New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist
- Beatrice Webb (1858–1943), English sociologist, economist, socialist, labour historian and social reformer
Aristocrats
[edit]- Beatrice of Albon (1161–1228), French Countess of Albon and Dauphine of Viennois
- Beatrice of England (1242–1275), daughter of Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence
- Beatrice of Naples (fl. 1476–1500), queen of Hungary, also known as Beatrix of Aragon
- Beatrice of Portugal (disambiguation)
- Beatrice of Savoy (disambiguation)
- Princess Beatrice (disambiguation)
- Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer (1903–1972), British life peer
- Beatrice Cenci (1577–1599), Italian noblewoman who, with other members of her family, murdered her rapist father
- Beatrice Borromeo (1985), Italian noblewoman and journalist who is currently married to Pierre Casiraghi.
Miscellaneous
[edit]- Beatrice Agyeman Abbey, Ghanaian CEO of Media General
- Beatrice Allen (born 1950), vice president of the Gambia National Olympic Committee since 2009 and a member of the International Olympic Committee starting in 2006
- Beatrice Beeby (1904–1991), New Zealand educator
- Béatrice Bulteau, French equine artist
- Beatrice Collenette (1899–2001), Guernsey-born American dancer and dance educator
- Beatrice Dickson (1852–1941), Swedish philanthropist and temperance activist
- Beatrice Green (1894–1927), Welsh labour activist
- Beatrice Laura Goff (1903–1998), American archaeologist and biblical scholar
- Beatrice McCartney, Paul McCartney's daughter with Heather Mills
- Beatrice Monti della Corte, Italian art and literature philanthropist, wife of Gregor von Rezzori
- Beatrice Portinari (1265–1290), great love and muse of poet Dante Alighieri
- Beatrix de Rijk (1883–1958), first Dutch woman pilot
- Beatrix de Rijke (1421–1468), Dutch foundling in Dordrecht in 1421.
- Beatrix Potter (1866–1943), author of children's books
- Beatrice Warde (1900–1969), American expert on typography
Fictional characters
[edit]- Beatrice (inspired by Beatrice Portinari), the guide through Paradise in Dante's Divine Comedy.
- Beatrice, in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
- Beatrice Baudelaire, in A Series of Unfortunate Events.
- Beatrice Carbone, one of the cast of characters in A View from the Bridge, a play by Arthur Miller.
- Bia Gunderson, a young female Spix's Macaw character in the 2014 animatied movie Rio 2.
- Beatrice Hotchkiss, in the Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower and Nancy Drew: Legend of the Crystal Skull.
- Beatrice "Tris" Prior, the main character in the Divergent series of books and movies.
- Beatrice Rappaccini, title character of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story Rappaccini's Daughter.
- Beatrice Rumfoord, in Kurt Vonnegut's novel The Sirens of Titan.
- Beatrice Severn, in Graham Greene's novel Our Man in Havana.
- Beatrice, a main character in Kazuo Ishiguro's novel The Buried Giant.
- Beatrice, the Dream Demon in the Sony PlayStation roleplaying game Wild Arms 3.
- Beatrice, the Endless and Golden Witch in Umineko no Naku Koro ni.
- Beatrice, in the manga Gunslinger Girl.
- Beatrice (Re:Zero), a character in the light novel series Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World.
- Beatrice Grimaldi, a princess in the television series Gossip Girl.
- Beatrice, a bluebird in the 2014 animated television miniseries Over the Garden Wall.
- Beatrice "The Bear" Leep, from Carl Hiaasen's 2002 novel Hoot and played by Brie Larson in its 2006 film adaptation.
- Beatrice Scarlet, heroine of "Scarlet Widow" and "The Coven" novels by Graham Masterton.
- Beezus "Beezus" Quimby, character in the Ramona Series by Beverly Cleary.
- Beatrice "Bea" Santello, a major character in the 2017 adventure game Night in the Woods.
- Beatrice "Aunt Bee" Taylor - a major character from the 1960s American sitcom The Andy Griffith Show.
- Beatrice "Trixie" Espinoza - secondary character in the TV/streaming series Lucifer.
- Trixie Lulamoon - a character in the animated series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
- Trixie Tang - a character in the animated series The Fairly OddParents.
- Sister Beatrice - love interest and nun in the series Warrior Nun
- Beatice, Beatrice de rune - Mother of Amicia, Lucas. A female character in the game series A Plague Tale
See also
[edit]- Beatrijs, a 13th-century Dutch poem about a nun with this name
- Beatrix
- Beatriz
- All pages with titles beginning with Beatrice
- All pages with titles containing Beatrice
References
[edit]- ^ Random House Unabridged Dictionary
- ^ "Beatrice | Etymology, origin and meaning of the name beatrice by etymonline".
- ^ Approaches to teaching Dante's Divine comedy. Slade, Carole., Cecchetti, Giovanni, 1922-1998. New York, N.Y.: Modern Language Association of America. 1982. ISBN 0873524780. OCLC 7671339
- ^ "Popular Names in Romania 2009".
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