Beatrice: Meaning, Popularity, Origin of Name Beatrice | Namipedia

Names related to Beatrice: Bea, Beatrix, Beatriz, Bebe, Tricia

Beatrice

Pronunciation: BEE-ə-tris, BEE-tris, bay-ə-TREES (key)

Derived from the Latin beatrix (she who makes happy, she who brings happiness), which is from beātus (happy, blessed).

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Comments and insights on the name Beatrice: | Edit: Beatrice is pronounced bay-ah-TREE-chay in Italian, which is much prettier than the English pronunciation.
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Nicknames for Beatrice: | Edit: Bea, Bebe, Tricia, Trixie, Bess, Tris
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Famous real-life people named Beatrice: | Edit: Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857–1944)
Princess Beatrice of Edinburgh, Saxe-Coburg, and Gotha (1884–1966), whose nickname was Bee
Princess Beatrice of York (born 1988)
Beatrice "Bea" Arthur, actress (Maude, The Golden Girls)
Beatrice McCartney, daughter of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and (famously) ex-wife Heather Mills
Beatrice in song, story & screen: | Edit: Beatrice, soul guiding Dante out of Purgatory and through Heaven in Dante's "Divine Comedy".
Beatrice in Shakespeare's play "Much Ado About Nothing".
Beatrice "Beezus" Quimby from Beverly Cleary's childrens' book series.
Beatrice Baudelaire, a character in Lemony Snicket's childrens' book series.
Bea is Kate Winslet's daughter in the movie "Hideous Kinky", based in Morocco.