Beatrice (given name)

Beatrice
	Dante Gabriel Rossetti's depiction of Dante's Beatrice in Beata Beatrix
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	"bringer of joy, blessings"
Other names
Related names	Beatrix, Béatrice, Beatriz

Beatrice (/ˈbiː(ə)trɪs/; Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe])^[1] is a name derived from the French name Béatrice, which came from the Latin Beatrix, which means "she who makes happy".^[2]

Beatrice is the Italian language variant. The French form is Béatrice, and the Spanish and Portuguese form is Beatriz.

The popularity of the name 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

Alternate versions of the name include

Beata (Polish, Swedish)
Beate (German, Norwegian)
Beatha (Irish)
Beatrica (Croatian, Slovakian)
Béatrice (French)
Beatrice (Italian)
Beatričė (Lithuanian)
Beatrijs (Dutch)
Beatrika (Slovene)
Βεατρίκη (Veatriki) (Greek)
Beatris (English)
Beatrisa (Latvian)
Beatrise (Latvian)
Beatriss (English)
Beatriu (Catalan)
Beatrix (Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, Latin)
Béatrix (French)
Beatriz (Galician, Portuguese, Spanish)
Beatrycze (Polish)
Beitris (Scottish Gaelic)
Betrys (Welsh)

Short forms include

Bea (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)
Bia (Portuguese)
Bice (Italian)^{[citation needed]}
Trix (Dutch, English)
Trixi (English, German)
Trixie (English)
Trixy (English)
Tris (English)

People

Artists and entertainers

Actresses

Beatrice Alda (born 1961), American actress and filmmaker
Bea Arthur (1922–2009), American actress who starred in The Golden Girls
Beatrice Boepple (born 1962), American actress
Beatrice Colen (1948–1999), American actress
Bebe Neuwirth (born 1958), American actress best known for playing Lilith on Frasier and Cheers
Beatrice Roberts (1905–1970), American actress
Beatrice Winde (1924–2004), American actress

Other

Beatritz de Dia (fl. late 12th century), Provençal poet and musician
Beatrice Hastings, pen-name of English writer, poet and literary critic Emily Alice Haigh (1879–1943), lover of Modigliani
Béatrice Poulot (born 1968), French singer from Réunion
Beatrice (singer), singer in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Athletes

Beatrice Câșlaru (born 1975), Romanian former swimmer
Beatrice Faumuina (born 1974), New Zealand world champion discus thrower
Beatrice Jepchumba (born 1983), Kenyan long-distance runner
Beatrice Lanza (born 1982), Italian triathlete
Béatrice Mouthon (born 1966), French triathlete
Beatrice Utondu (born 1969), Nigerian former sprinter

Politicians and public servants

Beatrice Aitchison (1908–1997), Director of Transportation Research in the Bureau of Transportation of the United States Postal Service
Beatrice Lorenzin (born 1971) Italian 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 Wright (1910–2003), American-born British politician

Religious figures

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
Beatrice of Ornacieux (c. 1240–c. 1308), French religious leader

Scientists, engineers and academics

Beatrice M. Hinkle (1874–1953), American pioneering feminist, psychoanalyst and writer
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

Beatrice of Albon (1161–1228), French Countess of Albon and Dauphine of Viennois
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

Miscellaneous

Beatrice Portinari (1265–1290), great love and muse of poet Dante Alighieri
Beatrice Beeby (1904–1991), New Zealand educator
Beatrice Warde (1900–1969), American expert on typography
Beatrice McCartney, Paul McCartney's daughter with Heather Mills

Fictional characters

Beatrice (inspired by Beatrice Portinari), the guide through Paradise in Dante's Divina Commedia
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
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 "Beezus" Quimby from the children's novel Beezus and Ramona
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, 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 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 from the film Hoot
Beatrice Scarlet, heroine of "Scarlet Widow' and "The Coven' novels by Graham Masterton

References

^ Random House Unabridged Dictionary
^ http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Beatrice
^ 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
^ http://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/romania/2009

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[1] Random House Unabridged Dictionary

[2] ttp://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Beatrice

[3] 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

[4] ttp://www.behindthename.com/top/lists/romania/2009

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