BEATRICE  

Gender: F
Origin: Latin
Meaning: "she who brings happiness"

Popularity in 2008: #833

Beatrice is back. Stored in the attic for almost a century, this lovely name with a long literary (Shakespeare, Dante) and royal history is being looked at with fresh eyes by parents (such as Paul McCartney) seeking a classic name with character and lots of upbeat nicknames.

Variations:
Trixie, Trixi, Bea, Beat, Beatriss, Bice, Bee, Beata, Beatie, Beah, Trix, Beatris, Trixy

International Variations:
Beatrix (Dutch) Béatrice (French) Beatrisa (German) Beatha (Irish) Beatrice (Italian) Beate (Norwegian) Beitris (Scottish Gaelic) Beatriz (Spanish) Betrys (Welsh)

People who like Beatrice also like:

Adelaide, Charlotte, Beatrix, Cecily, Harriet, Imogen, Violet, August, Edward, Jude, Julian, Oscar, Phineas, Sebastian, Barnaby

Beatrice is being discussed in our message boards:

• Urgent help needed with twin names!
• Unexpected, soft, and pretty girl names?
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• Best of British - some Telegraph birth announcements
• 'Pick of the Day' names...

Read Nameberry blog posts about Beatrice:

• OLD LADY NAMES: Ready for the Next Wave?
• NAMEBERRY FAVES: The names nameberryites love most
• VINTAGE NAMES: 100-Year-Old Names That Sound New Again
• MIXED-MARRIAGE NAMES
• BRITISH BABY NAMES: Quirky & Charming