Beatrice 499855 219065217 2008-06-13T12:10:41Z Colibri37 6701985 sp {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Beatrice | image=Beata Beatrix.jpg | imagesize=200px | caption=Dante Gabriel Rossetti's depiction of Dante's Beatrice in Beata Beatrix | pronunciation= | gender = female | meaning ="bringer of joy" | region = | origin = [[Latin language|Latin]] | related names = | footnotes = }} {{otheruses}} '''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] [[Category:Given names]] [[ca:Beatriu]] [[cs:Beatrice]] [[de:Beatrice]] [[es:Beatriz]] [[fr:Béatrice]] [[it:Beatrice]] [[lt:Beatričė]] [[pl:Beatrycze]] [[sv:Beatrice]]