Beatrix

BEE-triks; BEH-uh-triks; BEE-uh-triks
Latin
"she who brings happiness; blessed"

Beatrix Origin and Meaning

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

Beatrix has a solid history of its own apart from Beatrice, with that final x adding a playful, animated note to the name's imposing history and stately vibe.

In the earliest sources it is recorded as Viatrix, meaning "voyager". Possibly the spelling was deliberately changed to resemble the Latin word beatus, "blessed" and now both meanings are part of Beatrix's rich history.

It has been largely associated with Beatrix (born Helen) Potter, creator of Peter Rabbit, and with Beatrix who was Queen of The Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013.

Actress Jodie Sweetin has a daughter called Beatrix, and designer Kate Spade chose it for her daughter Frances's middle name. The main character in Quentin Tarantino's movie Kill Bill was Beatrix Kiddo, played by Uma Thurman.

With cute nicknames Bea and Trixie, Beatrix is most popular in the UK, where it ranks in the Top 200. On the rise since 2001, its accelerated popularity in the 2010s could have been influenced by the character Beatrix 'Trixie' Franklin from the popular period drama, Call the Midwife.

Across the pond in the US, it appeared briefly in the Top 1000 in 2019, but it has been trending downwards since then. Given to around 160 girls each year, it could be an unexpected but familiar choice in the States.

# 986 in the US

Beatrix Rank in US Top 1000

# 164 on Nameberry

Beatrix Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Beatrix Popularity

Famous People Named Beatrix

  • Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard
    Queen of the Netherlands (reigned 1980,2013)
  • (Helen) Beatrix Potter
    English children's author and illustrator
  • Beatrix Hoyt
    American golfer
  • Beatrix Loughran
    American figure skater
  • Beatrix "Trixi" Schuba
    Austrian figure skater
  • Beatrix Jones Farrand
    American landscape architect
  • Beatrix Balogh
    Hungarian Olympic handballer
  • Beatrix Ong
    British shoe designer
  • Beatrix Alice Marie Melita Margarete
    Princess of Hohenlohe,Langenburg; daughter of Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark; niece of Britain's Prince Philip
  • Sophie Hélène Béatrix
    Princess of France; daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
  • Beatrix Lazard (b
    1966), daughter of novelist Danielle Steel and Claude,Eric Lazard
  • Beatrix Carlin Sweetin
    Coyle (b. 2010), daughter of actress Jodie Sweetin and Morty Coyle
  • Beatrix Belle "Trixie" Box (b. 2013)
    daughter of TV presenter Fifi Box
  • Beatrix Leigh Cody (b. 2015)
    daughter of reality TV personalities John and Candice Cody ("Survivor")
  • Catharina
    Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria (b. 2003), Princess of Orange

Beatrix in Pop Culture

  • Beatrix "Trixie" Belden
    main character in the book series by Julie Campbell Tatham
  • Beatrix Kiddo
    main character in the Kill Bill movies
  • Beatrix Coltrane
    character in movie "Little Pieces of Sunshine"
  • Beatrix
    character in video game "Final Fantasy IX"
  • Beatrix Bloxam
    character in the Harry Potter series
  • Beatrix "Trixie" Franklin
    character on TV's "Call the Midwife"
  • Beatrix
    mother of the legendary English Knight of the Swan
  • Beatrix MacMillan
    companion on TV's "Doctor Who"
  • "Beatrix Cenci
    " opera by Alberto Ginastera and its main character
  • Beatrix
    from the School for Good and Evil book series
  • The Beatrix Girls
    fashion dolls