Beatriz

Girl · Latin

Beatriz

Say it: beh-ah-TREETH

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Meaning

From Latin Beatrix, probably an altered Viatrix 'female traveller', reshaped by association with beatus 'blessed'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Common among Castilian and Portuguese royalty from the 13th century and popular in both countries again today.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 1990s

In the United States

17,887 babies given this name since 1894
At its height in 1993, about 1 in 3,500 girls
114 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Spanish Portuguese Catalan Mexican Central American Andean Argentine Caribbean Brazilian

The family of the name

Other spellings: Bety

Catalan	Beatriu
Portuguese	Beatriz
Italian	Beatrice
English	Beatrice
French	Béatrice

Famous bearers

Beatriz Galindo, Latinist at the court of Isabella I
Beatrice of Portugal, queen of Castile

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CatalinaGirlSpanish form of Katherine, a Greek name of uncertain meaning later linked with katharos 'pure'.Middle Ages · peak 2020

BlancaGirl'White', from a Germanic word (blank) borrowed into Late Latin and the Romance languages.Middle Ages · peak 1990

BeatriceGirlFrom Latin Beatrix, probably an altered form of Viatrix 'voyager', reinterpreted as from beatus 'blessed'.Middle Ages · peak 1910

Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
National birth statistics of European countries source
Parish baptism registers
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.