Beata

Beata
Pronunciation	"BAY-AH-TUH"
Gender	Feminine
Origin
Word/Name	From Latin "beatus"
Meaning	Blessed
Region of origin	Old World/Western Europe
Other names
Related names	Beatrix, Beatrice

Beade redirects here: for details about the town in Galicia, Northwestern Spain, see Beade, Ourense.

For other uses, see Beata (disambiguation).

Beata or Beate is a woman's given name that comes from the Latin beatus, meaning "happy" or "blessed". It can also be the short-form of Beatrix or Beatrice.

This name is derived from same Latin word as the concept of Beatification, of major importance in the Catholic religion. However, in modern usage, the name is not taken as having a special religious significance, nor is it restricted to people of Catholic background.

Famous people named Beata

• Beata Onefater, Former World Latin American Ballroom Dance Champion - http://www.beataone.com
• Beata Beatrix, Rossetti's depiction of Beatrice Portinari
• Beate Bühler, German (beach) volleyball player
• Beata Pozniak, film director, painter, and model
• Beate Uhse-Rotermund, German pilot
• Beata Kaczmarska, Polish race walker
• Beate Klarsfeld, Nazi hunter
• Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian born woman who drafted the article on the equality of women and men, and women's civil rights in Japan's constitution mandated by the Potsdam Declaration
• Dr Beata Cybulska, London-based forensic expert, specialising in sexual assault.
• Beata Sabina Straas (died 1773), aka Madame Åberg, Swedish actress
• Elsa Beata Bunge, Swedish botanist

Variations

• Beáta
• Bea
• Beade
• Beate