Beatrice

Latin

"she who brings happiness; blessed"

Beatrice Origin and Meaning

The name Beatrice is a girl's name of Italian, Latin origin meaning "she who brings happiness; blessed".

Beatrice is back. Stored in the attic for almost a century, the lovely Beatrice with its long literary (Shakespeare, Dante) and royal history is being looked at with fresh eyes by parents seeking a classic name with character and lots of upbeat nicknames, like Bea and Bee.

Beatrice has some competition with more flavorful Beatrix and Beatriz these days. Beatrice is far more popular in the UK., ranking in the Top 100, while in the US Beatrice sits in a sweet spot in the middle of the Top 1000.

Beatrice is derived from Beatrix, a Latin name meaning "she who brings happiness." In the earliest sources it is also recorded as Viatrix, meaning "voyager", so there is some weight in both meanings.

Beatrice was the name of Queen Victoria's youngest child. And in Dante's epic poem The Divine Comedy, Beatrice is his guide through Paradise and is idealized as the embodiment of the spirit of love. In Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Beatrice is the witty, high-spirited heroine. Other variants of the name include the French Béatrice and the Spanish and Portuguese Beatriz.

Nickname Bea actually stood alone on the popularity lists for four years at the beginning of the twentieth century — and it could happen again. Bea is sleek and modern, while Trixie sounds vintage and sassy — though if you favor Trixie, you may want to consider the Beatrix version of the name, which is reminiscent of watercolorist and children's author Beatrix Potter and has that surprising -x ending. Beatrice, on the other hand, feels gentler and more classic.

The Duke and Duchess of York, aka Fergie and Prince Andrew, thrust Beatrice back into the public eye when they chose it for their older daughter in 1988. The name can be pronounced with two syllables, BEE- or BEH-tris; with three, as in BEE- or BAY-ah-tris; or, as the Italians say it, with a magisterial four, bay-ah-TREE-chay.

Other names that mean happiness: Felicity and Hilary, either of which would make a good twin or sister name for Beatrice. Beatrice is also among the relatively rare girl names starting with B that has a lot of current style value.

Beatrice Rank in US Top 1000

# 587 in the US

Beatrice Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 41 on Nameberry

Beatrice Popularity

• 587 US 2023
• 41 Nameberry 2024
• 60 Canada 2023
• 369 Future 2028
• 99 England 2021
• 497 Germany 2016
• 6 Italy 2022

20 Names Similar to Beatrice

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Beatrice.

• Beatrix
• Eleanor
• Alice
• Edith
• Matilda
• Clementine
• Cordelia
• Florence
• Josephine
• Cecilia
• Adelaide
• Margaret
• Mabel
• Eloise
• Clara
• Charlotte
• Genevieve
• Cora
• Eliza
• Hazel

Famous People Named Beatrice

• Beatrice d'Este Queen consort of Andrew II of Hungary
• Beatrice of Naples Queen consort of Vladislaus II of Hungary and Bohemia
• Beatrice of Luxembourg Queen consort of Charles I of Hungary
• Beatrice "Bea" Arthur (born Bernice Frankel) American actress
• Beatrice "Bebe" Neuwirth American actress
• Beatrice "Bea" Benaderet American actress
• Beatrice Annika "Bea" Miller American singer and actress
• Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore of the U.K. Princess Henry of Battenberg; daughter of Queen Victoria
• Beatrice Leopoldine Victoria of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, Princess of Edinburgh; Infanta of Spain; Duchess of Galliera; granddaughter of Queen Victoria
• Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of York Princess of the U.K., daughter of Prince Andrew
• Beatrice "Bice" di Folco Portinari Italian woman who inspired Dante's "Divine Comedy"
• (Martha) Beatrice Webb Baroness Passfield, English sociologist
• Beatrice Alice Hicks American engineer
• Beatrice Mtetwa Zimbabwean human rights lawyer
• Beatrice Gladys "Bea" Lillie Canadian,British actress
• Beatrice Wood American avant garde artist
• Beatrice Câșlaru Romanian Olympic swimmer
• Beatrice "Tilly" Shilling English aeronautical engineer and motorcyclist
• Beatrice "Bea" Kozera (Renteria Franco), Jack Kerouac's lover and inspiration for the character Terry in "On the Road"
• Beatrice Selfridge daughter of American,British entrepreneur Harry Selfridge
• Beatrice Tulchin American actress
• Beatrice Martin aka Coeur de Pirate French,Canadian singer,songwriter
• Béatrice Marie Caroline Louise Françoise Princess of Bourbon,Two Sicilies; daughter of Prince Ferdinand
• Beatrice Charlotte Princess of of Saxe,Coburg and Gotha, daughter of Prince Friedrich Josias
• Beatrice Louise "Beattie" Edmondson English actress; daughter of actress Jennifer Saunders
• Beatrice Milly McCartney (b. 2003) daughter of musician Paul McCartney and Heather Mills
• Beatrice Sommer (b. 2008) daughter of actor Rich Sommer
• Beatrice Jean Howard Gabel (b. 2012), daughter of actress Bryce Dallas Howard and Seth Gabel
• Beatrice Tornatore Italian rhythmic gymnast
• Beatrice Danger Brocklebank (b. 2019) daughter of American actress Jess Weixler
• Beatrice “Bebe” Vio Italian fencer and Paralympics champion

Beatrice in Pop Culture

• Beatrice "Tris" Prior in the Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth
• Beatrice in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing"
• Beatrice Duke character in webseries Nothing Much to Do
• Beatrice "Beezus" Quimby in Ramona novels by Beverly Cleary
• Beatrice Carbone in Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge"
• Beatrice Rappaccini character in "Rappaccini's Daughter"
• Beatrice Baudelaire Sr. and Beatrice Baudelaire Jr. characters in "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
• Beatrice "Bea" Plumb character in novel "The Nest"
• Beatrice Rumfoord in Kurt Vonnegut's "The Sirens of Titan"
• Beatrice Severn in Graham Greene's "Our Man in Havana"
• Beatrice "The Bear" Leep character in Carl Hiaasen's "Hoot"
• Beatrice character in manga/anime "Gunslinger Girl"
• Beatrice the Golden Witch in "Umineko: When They Cry"
• Beatrice Middleton in "Ishmael" and "Self Raised" by E.D.E.N. Southworth
• Beatrice Crumplebottom character in "Sims" series
• Beatrice Grimaldi character in the Gossip Girl series
• Beatrice Hotchkiss in the Nancy Drew game series
• Beatrice demon in video game "Wild Arms 3"
• Beatrice in Kingsley's "REALLY B, REALLY" videos
• Beatrice Russo in "Il Postino: The Postman"
• Beatrice Stanhope in movie "George of the Jungle"
• Beatrice "Bea" Grunwald character on TV's "Ravenswood"
• Juniper Beatrice "Junie B." Jones of Junie B. Jones books
• Beatrice in animated series "Over the Garden Wall"
• Beatrice Bloor in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
• Beatrice "Trixie" Espinoza in "Lucifer"
• Beatrice "Beatie" May Bow character in book and movie "Playing Beatie Bow"
• Beatrice Horseman mother of the titular character "BoJack Horseman"
• Beatrice Rhinehart character in the webcomic "Riverside Extras" by Miri Chamberlain
• Beatrice main character in Kill Bill played by Uma Thurman
• Beatrice "Bea" Santello character in video game "Night in the Woods"
• Beatrice Haywood character in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery