Beatrice
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{{Infobox Given Name Revised
| name = Beatrice
| image=Beata Beatrix.jpg
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| caption=Dante Gabriel Rossetti's depiction of Dante's Beatrice in Beata Beatrix
| pronunciation=
| gender = female
| meaning ="bringer of joy"
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| origin = [[Latin language|Latin]]
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'''Beatrice''' (pronounced ''bee'-a-tris'' or in Italian ''bay'-a-tree-chay'') is a name derived from the [[Latin]] name [[Beatrix]]. This occurred in [[medieval]] [[Italy]]. Beatrice means ''she who blesses'' or ''bringer of joy''. The [[French (language)|French]] form is Béatrice. The popularity of the name spread due to [[Dante Alighieri]]'s poetry about [[Beatrice Portinari]].
The name is rising in popularity in the [[United Kingdom]]. It ranked as the 899th most popular name for baby girls born in the [[United States]] in 2007.
==Name variants==
Alternate versions of the name include
*Bea ([[English language|English]])
*Beah ([[English language|English]])
*Beat ([[English language|English]])
*Beata ([[English language|English]])
*Beate ([[Norwegian language|Norwegian]])
*Beatha ([[Irish language|Irish]])
*Beatie ([[English language|English]])
*Béatrice ([[French language|French]])
*Beatrice ([[Italian language|Italian]])
*Beatris ([[English language|English]])
*Beatrise ([[Latvian language|Latvian]])
*Beatriss ([[English language|English]])
*Beatrisa ([[German language|German]])
*Beatriu ([[Catalan language|Catalan]])
*Beatrix ([[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[English language|English]], [[German language|German]])
*Beatriz ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]])
*Beatrycze ([[Polish language|Polish]])
*Bee ([[English language|English]])
*Beitris ([[Scottish language|Scottish]])
*Betrys ([[Welsh language|Welsh]])
*Bice ([[Italian language|Italian]])
*Trix ([[English language|English]])
*Trixi ([[English language|English]])
*Trixie ([[English language|English]])
*Trixy ([[English language|English]])
==People with the given name Beatrice==
===Film, television and the stage===
*[[Beatrice Alda]], American actress
*[[Beatrice Arthur]], American actress who starred in ''The Golden Girls''
*[[Beatrice Boepple]], American actress best known as Amanda Krueger in ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child]]''
*[[Beatrice Politi]], Canadian television journalist
*[[Beatrice Roberts]], American singer/stage performer
*[[Beatrice Winde]], American actress
===Sport===
*[[Beatrice Căslaru]], Romanian swimmer
*[[Beatrice Faumuina]], New Zealand Olympic Champion Discus thrower
*[[Beatrice Jepchumba]], a Kenyan runner
*[[Beatrice Lanza]], Italian triathlete
*[[Beatrice Mouthon]], French triathlete
*[[Beatrice Utondu]], Nigerian sprinter
===Politics and visible public positions===
*[[Beatrice of Nazareth]], Flemish nun and mystic writer
*[[Beatrice Plummer, Baroness Plummer]], a British Peeress and Justice of the Peace for Essex
*[[Beatrice Wright]], American-born British politician
*[[Princess Beatrice (disambiguation)]], several princesses have been named Beatrice
*[[Saint Beatrice]], name of several Christian saints
===Miscellaneous===
*[[Beatrice Cenci]], Italian woman in the 16th century who died by decapitation
*[[Beatrice Hastings]], (pen-name) lover of [[Amedeo Modigliani|Modigliani]]
*[[Beatrice M. Hinkle]], American feminist psychoanalyst
*[[Beatrice Portinari]], Dante Alighieri's great love and muse
*[[Beatrice Serota, Baroness Serota]], British Government minister and a Deputy Speaker of the [[House of Lords]]
*[[Beatrice Tinsley]], New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist
*[[Beatrice Trew]], Canadian socialist
*[[Beatrice Warde]], American communicator on typography
*[[Beatrice Webb]], English writer
*[[Beatrice (singer)]], singer in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1999]]
===Fictional people===
*[[Beatrice Portinari]], the guide through Paradise in [[Dante]]'s ''[[Divina Commedia]]''
*Beatrice, a character in [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''
*[[Beatrice Baudelaire]], a fictional character from ''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]'' and the daughter of [[Kit Snicket]]
*[[Mr. and Mrs. Baudelaire#Beatrice Baudelaire|Beatrice Baudelaire]], the Baudelaire children's mother in ''A Series of Unfortunate Events''
*Beatrice Carbone, one of the [[A View from the Bridge#Cast of Characters|cast of characters in ''A View from the Bridge'']], a play by Arthur Miller
*Beatrice is the antagonist of the 4 chapter arc in the Sony Playstation Role Playing Game ''[[Wild Arms 3]]''
*Beatrice is a fictional character in the visual novel ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro ni]]'', also known as the 'Golden Witch'
*Beatrice Rappaccini, daughter of Giacomo Rappaccini in [[Nathaniel Hawthorne]]'s short story "[[Rappaccini's Daughter]]"
*[[List of Gunslinger Girl characters#Beatrice|Beatrice]], a character in the [[manga]] ''[[Gunslinger Girl]]''
==See also==
*[[Princess Beatrice (disambiguation)|Princess Beatrice]], name of several princesses
*[[Saint Beatrice]], name of several Christian saints
*[[Beatrijs]], a 13th century Dutch poem about a nun with this name
*{{lookfrom|Beatrice}}
==External links==
*[http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=beatrice Beatrice at Behindthename.com]
*[http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?html=b&ln=Beatrice Beatrice at Ancestry.com]
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