Beatrice name - Meaning of Beatrice
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- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 9
- Usage
- Italian, English, Swedish, Italian, Latin
- Pronounced
- be-ah-TREE-che (Italian) , BEE-ə-tris (English) , BEE-tris (English) , BE-ah-trees (Swedish) , be-ah-TREES (Swedish), BEE-ə-tris/BEE-tris
- Beatrice Meaning
- Italian form of Beatrix. Beatrice Portinari was the woman who was loved by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri. She served as Dante's guide through paradise in his epic poem 'The Divine Comedy' (1321). This was also the name of a character in Shakespeare 's play 'Much Ado About Nothing' (1599). Beatrice is an Italian form of Beatrix. Beatrix originates in Latin language and means "voyager". Beatrix was the name of several saints in Christianity and it was also a popular given name within royalty. A famous bearer was Beatrix Potter, an English author and creator of Peter Rabbit. Beatrice was popularized by Beatrice Portinari, the muse of the Italian poet and author of Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri.
Beatrice Related Names
Variant:, Beatriz, Beatrisa, Beatriss, Beatrisse, Beatrize, Beitris, Betrys, Bettrys, Bice
Diminutive: Bice (Italian)
Other Languages: Beatriu (Catalan), Beatrix (Dutch), Béatrice (French), Beatrix (German), Beatrix, Viatrix (Late Roman), Beatrise (Latvian), Beatrycze (Polish), Beatriz, Bia (Portuguese), Beitris (Scottish), Beatriz (Spanish), Betrys (Welsh)
Beatrice Celebrities
Beatrice Arthur - actress, Beatrice Bland - artist, Beatrice Colin - writer, Beatrice Dalle - actress, Beatrice Hastings - writer, Beatrice Lillie - actress, Beatrice Murphy - published author, Beatrice Straight - actress,
