MEANING & HISTORY
What does Beatrice mean?
Beatrice is the Italian form of Beatrix. Beatrix probably developed from Viatrix, feminine to Latin Viator, traveller, with its spelling reshaped by association with beatus, blessed or happy.
Both layers matter: the possible traveller origin and the longstanding blessing association. Dante’s Beatrice is a famous literary bearer of the Italian form. The name’s formation is richer than a confident single gloss that ignores either the earlier spelling or the later reinterpretation.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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English
- /ˈbɪətɹɪs/Received-Pronunciation
- /ˈbiːətɹɪs/Received-Pronunciation · similarly common
- /ˈbiːtɹɪs/Received-Pronunciation · uncommon
- /ˈbiətɹɪs/General-American · the name
- /biˈætrɪs/General-American · the city in Nebraska
- /beɐˈtɹɪs/Philippines
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Either 1) from the Latin Beatrix, name of early Christian saints, from beatrix (“she who makes happy”), or 2) from beata, influenced by viatrix (“female wayfarer, traveller”).
A female given name from Latin.
Wiktionary: Beatrice (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Beatrice
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Beabadoobee
British singer
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Beatrice Gomez
Filipino beauty pageant titleholder (born 1995)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Beabadoobee, Beatrice Gomez
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Beatrice in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Beatrice
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Beatrix♀Probably from traveller; later linked with blessed
- Beatriz♀Form of Beatrix, with traveller and blessed associations
- Patrice♂♀Related to patrician or noble rank
- Alice♀Noble kind; through Old French Aalis
- Benedict♂Blessed; well spoken of
- Benjie·Familiar form of Benjamin
- Bennie♂Familiar form of Benjamin or Benedict
- Bernie♂Familiar form of Bernard, Bernadette, or Bernice
What rhymes with Beatrice?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Beatrice further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q734292 — Beatrice (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Beabadoobee (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q734292 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Beatrice Gomez (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q734292 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Beatrice (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Beatrice (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Beatrix (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.