Beatrix
About Beatrix
Beatrix has a solid history of its own apart from Beatrice, with that final x adding a playful, animated note to the name's imposing history and stately vibe.
In the earliest sources it is recorded as Viatrix, meaning "voyager". Possibly the spelling was deliberately changed to resemble the Latin word beatus, "blessed" and now both meanings are part of Beatrix's rich history.
It has been largely associated with Beatrix (born Helen) Potter, creator of Peter Rabbit, and with Beatrix who was Queen of The Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013.
Actress Jodie Sweetin has a daughter called Beatrix, and designer Kate Spade chose it for her daughter Frances's middle name. The main character in Quentin Tarantino's movie Kill Bill was Beatrix Kiddo, played by Uma Thurman.
With cute nicknames Bea and Trixie, Beatrix is most popular in the UK, where it ranks in the Top 200. On the rise since 2001, its accelerated popularity in the 2010s could have been influenced by the character Beatrix 'Trixie' Franklin from the popular period drama, Call the Midwife.
Across the pond in the US, it appeared briefly in the Top 1000 in 2019, but it has been trending downwards since then. Given to around 160 girls each year, it could be an unexpected but familiar choice in the States.
Pronounced BEE-uh-triks.
As of October 2026, Beatrix ranked #1360 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #760 in 1883, Nameberry popularity #257.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,323 | 179 | 100.2 |
| 2015 | #1,184 | 213 | 119.3 |
| 2016 | #1,178 | 212 | 119.6 |
| 2017 | #1,149 | 216 | 125.1 |
| 2018 | #1,150 | 211 | 124 |
| 2019 | #984 | 262 | 156.1 |
| 2020 | #1,166 | 200 | 123.7 |
| 2021 | #1,119 | 220 | 134.1 |
| 2022 | #1,230 | 196 | 119.5 |
| 2023 | #1,401 | 160 | 99.7 |
| 2024 | #1,379 | 163 | 100.6 |
| 2025 | #1,360 | 162 | 100.8 |
World rankings
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Beatrix on lists
Famous Beatrixs
- Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard
Queen of the Netherlands (reigned 1980,2013)
- (Helen) Beatrix Potter
English children's author and illustrator
- Beatrix Hoyt
American golfer
- Beatrix Loughran
American figure skater
- Beatrix "Trixi" Schuba
Austrian figure skater
- Beatrix Jones Farrand
American landscape architect
- Beatrix Balogh
Hungarian Olympic handballer
- Beatrix Ong
British shoe designer
- Beatrix Alice Marie Melita Margarete
Princess of Hohenlohe,Langenburg; daughter of Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark; niece of Britain's Prince Philip
- Sophie Hélène Béatrix
Princess of France; daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
- Beatrix Lazard (b
1966), daughter of novelist Danielle Steel and Claude,Eric Lazard
- Beatrix Carlin Sweetin
Coyle (b. 2010), daughter of actress Jodie Sweetin and Morty Coyle
- Beatrix Belle "Trixie" Box (b. 2013)
daughter of TV presenter Fifi Box
- Beatrix Leigh Cody (b. 2015)
daughter of reality TV personalities John and Candice Cody ("Survivor")
- Catharina
Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria (b. 2003), Princess of Orange
Beatrix in pop culture
- Beatrix "Trixie" Belden
main character in the book series by Julie Campbell Tatham
- Beatrix Kiddo
main character in the Kill Bill movies
- Beatrix Coltrane
character in movie "Little Pieces of Sunshine"
- Beatrix
character in video game "Final Fantasy IX"
- Beatrix Bloxam
character in the Harry Potter series
- Beatrix "Trixie" Franklin
character on TV's "Call the Midwife"
- Beatrix
mother of the legendary English Knight of the Swan
- Beatrix MacMillan
companion on TV's "Doctor Who"
- "Beatrix Cenci
" opera by Alberto Ginastera and its main character
- Beatrix
from the School for Good and Evil book series
- The Beatrix Girls
fashion dolls