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Beatrice
Say it: BEE-uh-triss
Meaning
From Latin Beatrix, probably an altered form of Viatrix 'voyager', reinterpreted as from beatus 'blessed'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used in medieval England as Beatrix or Beteris and revived in the 19th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1910s
In the United States
- 192,927 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1910, about 1 in 161 girls
- 535 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Beatrix, Beteris, Betrys, Béatrix
| Italian | Beatrice |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Beatriz |
| French | Béatrice |
| German | Beatrix |
Famous bearers
- Beatrice Portinari, Dante's beloved
- Béatrice of Provence, countess and queen of Sicily
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Where this comes from
- Medieval European charters and records
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- Well-known works of literature
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.