Beatrix
Name list
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Beatrix is a Latin feminine given name, most likely derived from Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller" and later influenced in spelling by association with the Latin word beatus or "blessed".[1] It is pronounced /ˈbiːətrɪks/ BEE-ə-triks in British English[2][3] and the same[4] or /ˈbiːtrɪks/ BEE-triks in North American English.[5][6] Another North American English pronunciation however approximates that of most other languages: /ˈbeɪətrɪks/ BAY-ə-triks, as shown by US dictionary entries for the former queen of the Netherlands.[7][8][9]
PronunciationBEE-ə-triks
GenderFemale
MeaningVoyager, Traveller
Short formBea
Common forms of this name include Beatrice in English and Italian,[10] Béatrice in French, Beatriz in Spanish and Portuguese,[11] Beate in German, and Beata in Polish and Swedish. Common short forms are Bea and Trixie. See Beatrice for other derivatives.
People
Saints
- Saint Beatrix (died c. 303), Christian martyr, in older sources named Viatrix ("the traveler").
- Saint Beatrix d'Este (1226?–1262), Italian Benedictine nun
- Blessed Beatrix or Beatrix of Nazareth (1200–1268), Flemish Cistercian nun, mystic and author
- Beatrix d'Ornacieux (c. 1240 – c. 1306/9), French Carthusian nun
- Beatrix da Silva (1424–1492), Portuguese Franciscan nun
Royalty and nobility
- Beatrix de Courtenay (died 1245), Countess of Edessa
- Beatrix de Vesci, (died c. 1125), Anglo-Norman noble
- Beatrix of Andechs-Merania (1210–1271), German noble
- Beatrix of Aragon (1457–1508), Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia
- Beatrix of Baden (1492–1535), Margravine of Baden
- Beatrix of Bar (c. 1017 – 1076), marchioness of Tuscany
- Beatrix of Bavaria (1344–1359), Queen consort of Sweden
- Beatrix of Brandenburg (died 1314), wife of Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg
- Beatrix of Falkenburg (1254–1277), queen consort of the Romans
- Beatrix of Franconia (1037–1061), German Abbess and daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Henry III
- Beatrix of Luxembourg (1305–1319), Queen consort of Hungary
- Beatrix of Nuremberg (c. 1362 – 1414), Duchess of Austria
- Beatrix of Silesia (1290–1322), queen consort of the Romans
- Beatrix of Swabia (1198–1212), Holy Roman Empress
- Beatrix of the Netherlands (born 1938), queen regnant from 1980 to 2013
- Beatrix, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau (1930–2021), Countess consort of Schönburg-Glauchau
- Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1936–1997), daughter of Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
- Queen Beatrix (disambiguation)
- Princess Beatrix (disambiguation)
Others
- Beatrix Balogh (born 1974), Hungarian handball player
- Beatrix Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans (1877–1953), English peer
- Béatrix Beck (1914–2008), French writer
- Beatrix Borchard (born 1950), German musicologist and author
- Beatrix Boulsevicz (born 1987), Hungarian swimmer
- Beatrix Campbell (born 1947), British journalist and author
- Béatrix de Choiseul-Stainville (1729–1794), French salonnière and bibliophile
- Beatrix Christian, Australian playwright and screenwriter
- Béatrix de Cusance (1614–1663), Duchess of Lorraine
- Beatrix Dobie (1887–1945), New Zealand landscape artist
- Beatrix D'Souza (born 1935), Indian politician and social worker
- Béatrix Dussane (1888–1969), French stage actress
- Beatrix Farrand (1872–1959), American landscape gardener and landscape architect
- Beatrix Galindo (c. 1465 – 1534), Spanish physician and educator
- Beatrix Hamburg (1923–2018), American psychiatrist
- Beatrix Havergal (1901–1980), English horticulturist
- Beatrix von Holte (1250–1327), German abbess
- Beatrix Hoyt (1880–1963), American golfing champion
- Beatrix Jones Farrand (1872–1959), American landscape architect
- Beatrix Kisházi (born 1946), Hungarian table tennis player
- Beatrix Kökény (born 1969), Hungarian handball player
- Béatrix La Palme (1878–1921), Canadian soprano and violinist
- Beatrix Lambton, Countess of Durham (1859–1937), British peer
- Beatrix Lehmann (1903–1979), British actress, theatre director and author
- Beatrix Leslie (c. 1577 – 1661), Scottish midwife executed for witchcraft
- Beatrix Loughran (1900–1975), American figure skater
- Beatrix Lyall (1873–1948), British social reformer and politician
- Beatrix Mahlknecht, Italian luger
- Beatrix Waring McCay (1901–1972), Australian barrister
- Béatrix Midant-Reynes, French Egyptologist
- Beatrix Miller (1923–2014), British editor of Queen and Vogue magazines
- Beatrix Müllner (born 1970), Austrian synchronized swimmer
- Beatrix Nobis (1950–2024), German art historian
- Beatrix Ong (born 1976), British luxury goods designer
- Beatrix Maud Palmer (1858–1950), British political and women's rights activist
- Beatrix Pesek, Hungarian ten-pin bowler
- Beatrix Potter (1866–1943), English illustrator, author and conservationist
- Beatrix Rechner (born 1951), Swiss high jumper
- Beatrix de Rijk (1883–1958), Dutch aviator
- Beatrix de Rijke (1421–1468), Dutch foundling
- Beatrix Ruf (born 1960), German art curator
- Beatrix Schröer (born 1963), German rower
- Beatrix Schuba (born 1951), Austrian figure skater
- Beatrix Sherman (1894–1975), American silhouette artist
- Beatrix von Storch (born 1971), German politician
- Beatrix Lucia Catherine Tollemache (1840–1926), British poet and translator
- Beatrix Tóth (born 1967), Hungarian handball player
Fictional characters
- Beatrix Amerhauser, in the manga series Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
- Trixie Belden, title character in a series of 'girl detective' mysteries
- Beatrix Cenci, protagonist of an opera based on the Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci (1577–1599)
- Beatrix "Trixie" Franklin, nurse and midwife from Call the Midwife
- Beatrix Kiddo, the protagonist of the Kill Bill films
- Beatrix MacMillan, a Doctor Who companion
- Béatrix de Rochefide, the protagonist of Balzac's novel Béatrix
- Beatrix Vespasian-Orus, in the Ninjago animated television series
- General Beatrix, a character in the video game Final Fantasy IX
- Beatrix, mother of the Knight of the Swan in the medieval tale of the same name
- Beatrix, one of the main characters in the Netflix series Fate: The Winx Saga
- Beatrix, a playable character in the video game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
