Beatrice
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Beatrice
Beatrice is back. Stored in the attic for almost a century, the lovely Beatrice with its long literary (Shakespeare, Dante) and royal history is being looked at with fresh eyes by parents seeking a classic name with character and lots of upbeat nicknames, like Bea and Bee.
Beatrice has some competition with more flavorful Beatrix and Beatriz these days. Beatrice is far more popular in the UK., ranking in the Top 100, while in the US Beatrice sits in a sweet spot in the middle of the Top 1000.
Beatrice is derived from Beatrix, a Latin name meaning "she who brings happiness." In the earliest sources it is also recorded as Viatrix, meaning "voyager", so there is some weight in both meanings.
Beatrice was the name of Queen Victoria's youngest child. And in Dante's epic poem The Divine Comedy, Beatrice is his guide through Paradise and is idealized as the embodiment of the spirit of love. In Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Beatrice is the witty, high-spirited heroine. Other variants of the name include the French Béatrice and the Spanish and Portuguese Beatriz.
Nickname Bea actually stood alone on the popularity lists for four years at the beginning of the twentieth century — and it could happen again. Bea is sleek and modern, while Trixie sounds vintage and sassy — though if you favor Trixie, you may want to consider the Beatrix version of the name, which is reminiscent of watercolorist and children's author Beatrix Potter and has that surprising -x ending. Beatrice, on the other hand, feels gentler and more classic.
The Duke and Duchess of York, aka Fergie and Prince Andrew, thrust Beatrice back into the public eye when they chose it for their older daughter in 1988. The name can be pronounced with two syllables, BEE- or BEH-tris; with three, as in BEE- or BAY-ah-tris; or, as the Italians say it, with a magisterial four, bay-ah-TREE-chay.
Other names that mean happiness: Felicity and Hilary, either of which would make a good twin or sister name for Beatrice. Beatrice is also among the relatively rare girl names starting with B that has a lot of current style value.
Beatrice is also given to boys.
Pronounced BEE-uh-tris.
As of October 2026, Beatrice ranked #508 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #36 in 1910, Nameberry popularity #98.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #599 | 491 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #569 | 542 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #557 | 560 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #559 | 548 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #570 | 542 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #556 | 547 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #552 | 538 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #564 | 542 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #554 | 548 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #588 | 509 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #579 | 518 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #508 | 583 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Beatrice on lists
Famous Beatrices
- Beatrice d'EsteGirl
Queen consort of Andrew II of Hungary
- Beatrice of NaplesGirl
Queen consort of Vladislaus II of Hungary and Bohemia
- Beatrice of LuxembourgGirl
Queen consort of Charles I of Hungary
- Beatrice "Bea" Arthur (born Bernice Frankel)Girl
American actress
- Beatrice "Bebe" NeuwirthGirl
American actress
- Beatrice "Bea" BenaderetGirl
American actress
- Beatrice Annika "Bea" MillerGirl
American singer and actress
- Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore of the U.K.Girl
Princess Henry of Battenberg; daughter of Queen Victoria
- Beatrice Leopoldine Victoria of SaxeGirl
Coburg and Gotha, Princess of Edinburgh; Infanta of Spain; Duchess of Galliera; granddaughter of Queen Victoria
- Beatrice Elizabeth Mary of YorkGirl
Princess of the U.K., daughter of Prince Andrew
- Beatrice "Bice" di Folco PortinariGirl
Italian woman who inspired Dante's "Divine Comedy"
- (Martha) Beatrice WebbGirl
Baroness Passfield, English sociologist
- Beatrice Alice HicksGirl
American engineer
- Beatrice MtetwaGirl
Zimbabwean human rights lawyer
- Beatrice Gladys "Bea" LillieGirl
Canadian,British actress
- Beatrice WoodGirl
American avant garde artist
- Beatrice CâșlaruGirl
Romanian Olympic swimmer
- Beatrice "Tilly" ShillingGirl
English aeronautical engineer and motorcyclist
- Beatrice "Bea" Kozera (RenteriaGirl
Franco), Jack Kerouac's lover and inspiration for the character Terry in "On the Road"
- Beatrice SelfridgeGirl
daughter of American,British entrepreneur Harry Selfridge
- Beatrice TulchinGirl
American actress
- Beatrice Martin aka Coeur de PirateGirl
French,Canadian singer,songwriter
- Béatrice Marie Caroline Louise FrançoiseGirl
Princess of Bourbon,Two Sicilies; daughter of Prince Ferdinand
- Beatrice CharlotteGirl
Princess of of Saxe,Coburg and Gotha, daughter of Prince Friedrich Josias
- Beatrice Louise "Beattie" EdmondsonGirl
English actress; daughter of actress Jennifer Saunders
- Beatrice Milly McCartney (b. 2003)Girl
daughter of musician Paul McCartney and Heather Mills
- Beatrice Sommer (b. 2008)Girl
daughter of actor Rich Sommer
- Beatrice Jean HowardGirl
Gabel (b. 2012), daughter of actress Bryce Dallas Howard and Seth Gabel
- Beatrice TornatoreGirl
Italian rhythmic gymnast
- Beatrice Danger Brocklebank (b. 2019)Girl
daughter of American actress Jess Weixler
- Beatrice “Bebe” VioGirl
Italian fencer and Paralympics champion
Beatrice in pop culture
- Beatrice "Tris" PriorGirl
in the Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth
- BeatriceGirl
in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing"
- Beatrice DukeGirl
character in webseries Nothing Much to Do
- Beatrice "Beezus" QuimbyGirl
in Ramona novels by Beverly Cleary
- Beatrice CarboneGirl
in Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge"
- Beatrice RappacciniGirl
character in "Rappaccini's Daughter"
- Beatrice Baudelaire Sr. and Beatrice Baudelaire Jr.Girl
characters in "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
- Beatrice "Bea" PlumbGirl
character in novel "The Nest"
- Beatrice RumfoordGirl
in Kurt Vonnegut's "The Sirens of Titan"
- Beatrice SevernGirl
in Graham Greene's "Our Man in Havana"
- Beatrice "The Bear" LeepGirl
character in Carl Hiaasen's "Hoot"
- BeatriceGirl
character in manga/anime "Gunslinger Girl"
- Beatrice the Golden WitchGirl
in "Umineko: When They Cry"
- Beatrice MiddletonGirl
in "Ishmael" and "Self Raised" by E.D.E.N. Southworth
- Beatrice CrumplebottomGirl
character in "Sims" series
- Beatrice GrimaldiGirl
character in the Gossip Girl series
- Beatrice HotchkissGirl
in the Nancy Drew game series
- BeatriceGirl
demon in video game "Wild Arms 3"
- BeatriceGirl
in Kingsley's "REALLY B, REALLY" videos
- Beatrice RussoGirl
in "Il Postino: The Postman"
- Beatrice StanhopeGirl
in movie "George of the Jungle"
- Beatrice "Bea" GrunwaldGirl
character on TV's "Ravenswood"
- Juniper Beatrice "Junie B." JonesGirl
of Junie B. Jones books
- BeatriceGirl
in animated series "Over the Garden Wall"
- Beatrice BloorGirl
in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
- Beatrice "Trixie" EspinozaGirl
in "Lucifer"
- Beatrice "Beatie" May BowGirl
character in book and movie "Playing Beatie Bow"
- Beatrice HorsemanGirl
mother of the titular character "BoJack Horseman"
- Beatrice RhinehartGirl
character in the webcomic "Riverside Extras" by Miri Chamberlain
- BeatriceGirl
main character in Kill Bill played by Uma Thurman
- Beatrice "Bea" SantelloGirl
character in video game "Night in the Woods"
- Beatrice HaywoodGirl
character in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
- Beatrice LacyGirl
character in “Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier