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Beatrice (
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
Alternate versions of the name include
Short forms include
Beatrice
Artists and entertainers
Actresses
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
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
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 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
Politicians and public servants
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 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
Scientists, engineers and academics
Beatrice M. Hinkle (1874–1953), American pioneering feminist, psychoanalyst and writer
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
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
Fictional characters
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, 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
See also
References
External links
Look up
Beatrice in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.