Beatriz (, ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese female first name. It corresponds to the Latin name Beatrix and the English and Italian name

Beatrice Beatrice may refer to: * Beatrice (given name) Places In the United States * Beatrice, Alabama, a town * Beatrice, Humboldt County, California, a locality * Beatrice, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Beatrice, Indiana, an unincorporated ...

. The name in Latin means 'brings joy' and in other languages also means 'she who brings others happiness'.

Given name

* Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1909–2002), daughter of Spain's King Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenie of Battenburg *

Beatriz de Suabia Elisabeth of Swabia (renamed Beatrice; March/May 1205 – 5 November 1235), was a member of the House of Hohenstaufen who became Queen of Castile and Leon by marriage to Ferdinand III. Born in Nürnberg, Elisabeth was the fourth daughter of Phili ...

(1203–1235), Queen of Castile and Queen of Leon * Beatriz de Dia (born c. 1140), the most famous of the trobairitz, female troubadours * Beatriz Allende (1943–1977), Chilean Socialist politician and revolutionary * Beatriz Pereira Alvim (1380–1415), first Duchess of Braganza *

Beatriz da Conceição Beatriz da Conceição (born 21 August 1939 in Porto - 26 November 2015 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese people, Portuguese fado singer. Her discography includes performances with António Rocha (fado singer), António Rocha for Paul Van Nevel with the ...

(1939–2015), fadista *

Beatriz Batarda Beatriz da Silveira Moreno Batarda (born 1 April 1974) is a British-born Portuguese actress named as one of European films 'Shooting Stars' by European Film Promotion in 1998. She studied design at IADE Institute in Lisbon and trained in acting a ...

(born 1974), Portuguese actress *

Beatriz Carvajal Beatriz Pla Navarro (born 24 December 1949) better known as Beatriz Carvajal is a Spanish theatre, television and film actress. Career She wanted to be an actress since she was a child and she took part in some theatre plays (''La zapatera pr ...

(born 1949), Spanish actress * Beatriz Colomina, architecture historian * Beatriz Corredor (born 1968), Spanish lawyer and politician * Beatriz Costa (1907–1996), Portuguese actress *

Beatriz Cruz Beatriz Cruz Nazario (born June 15, 1980) is a Puerto Rican female track and field athlete, who competes in the sprints events. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she was eliminated in the first round of t ...

(born 1980), retired track and field athlete *

Beatriz Parra Durango Beatriz Parra Durango (born 1940) is an Ecuadorian classical soprano. Early life and education Parra Durango was born in Guayaquil. Her mother was journalist Dora Durango Lopez. Her first studies took place at the Conservatory Antonio Neumane in ...

(born 1940), Ecuadorian classical soprano * Beatriz Enríquez de Arana (1467–1521), the mistress of Christopher Columbus * Beatriz Fajardo de Mendoza y de Guzmán (1619–1678), Baroness of

Polop Polop de la Marina (), or briefly Polop, is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Marina Baixa, Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , ...

and Benidorm *

Gigi Fernández Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández (born February 22, 1964) is a Puerto Rican former professional tennis player. Fernández won 17 major doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals representing the United States, and reached the world No. 1 ranking in do ...

(born 1964), former tennis player *

Beatriz Fernández Beatriz Fernández Ibáñez (born 19 March 1985) is a former Spanish handball player who was member of the Spanish national team. Fernández played on the Spanish team at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship The 2008 EHF Europe ...

(born 1985), Spanish handball player * Beatriz Galindo (c. 1465–1534), Spanish physician and educator *

Beatriz Gomes Beatriz Gomes (born 31 December 1979) is a Portuguese sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who has competed since the late first decade of the 21st century. She won a bronze medal in the K-4 200 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Ch ...

(born 1979), Portuguese sprint canoer * Beatriz Guido (1924–1988), Argentine novelist and screenwriter * Beatriz Jaguaribe, Brazilian communications professor and editor * Beatriz Lucero Lhuillier, Philippine athlete who won Olympic medals in gymnastics and taekwondo * Beatriz Luengo (born 1982), Spanish actress, singer and dancer * Beatriz Manchón (born 1976), Spanish sprint canoer * Beatriz Marinello (born 1964), Chilean-born American chess player * Beatriz Merino (born 1947), the only female prime minister of Peru * Beatriz Michelena (1890–1942), American silent film actress * Beatriz Milhazes (born 1960), Brazilian artist * Beatriz Azurduy Palacios (1952–2003), Bolivian movie director *

Beatriz Paredes Rangel Beatriz Elena Paredes Rangel (born 18 August 1953) is a Mexican politician who served as president of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). She was the first woman to serve as Governor of Tlaxcala and the second woman to serve as a state ...

(born 1953), Mexican politician *

Beatriz Pascual Beatriz Pascual Rodríguez (born 9 May 1982 in Viladecans, Barcelona) is a Spanish race walker. She holds the women's national record for Spain in the 5000 m track walk (20:53.97). She was also Spain's national champion in the 20 km walk event ...

(born 1982), Spanish race walker *

Beatriz Canedo Patiño Beatriz Canedo Patiño (1950–2016) was a Bolivian people, Bolivian fashion designer described as the "Queen of Alpaca" due to her use of textiles from camelids such as the vicuña, alpaca, and llama. ''The New York Times'' described her in 2006 a ...

, Bolivian fashion designer *

Beatriz Peschard Beatriz Peschard Mijares is a Mexican architect. She founded the architecture firm Bernardi Peschard Arquitectura in 2000, focusing mostly on residential and corporate projects. Her designs, such as the AA315 House in Mexico City, use motifs from ...

, Mexican architect *

Beatriz Sarlo Beatriz Sarlo (born 1942) is an Argentine literary and cultural critic. She was also founding editor of the cultural journal ''Punto de Vista'' ("Point of View"). She became an Order of Cultural Merit laureate in 2009. Biography Beatriz Sarlo w ...

(born 1942), Argentine literary and cultural critic * Beatriz Saw (born 1985), one of the season 2 ''Pinoy Big Brother'' housemates * Beatriz Segall (1926–2018), Brazilian actress *

Beatriz Segura Beatriz "Bea" Segura i Folch (born 22 March 1975) is a Spanish actress. Filmography References External links * Bea Seguraat the Internet Movie Database IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database ...

(born 1975), Spanish actress * Beatriz Sheridan (1934–2006), Mexican actress and director * Ana Martín (born 1947), Mexican actress born Beatriz Solorzano * Beatriz Stix-Brunell (born 1993), American ballet dancer *

Beatriz Villacañas Beatriz Villacañas (born 1964 in Toledo, Spain) is a poet, essayist and literary critic. Biography Beatriz Villacañas was born in Toledo (Spain). She obtained her PhD in English Philology at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where she is pr ...

(born 1964), poet, essayist and literary critic *

Dona Beatriz Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita, Kimpa Mvita, Tsimpa Vita or Tchimpa Vita (1684 – 2 July 1706), was a Kongo Empire prophet and leader of her own Christian movement, Antonianism; this movement taught that Jesus and other early Christian figures wer ...

(1684–1706), Congolese prophet known as Kimpa Vita * Beatriz Zavala (born 1957), Mexican politician

Fictional characters

Beatriz DaCosta Fire (Beatriz da Costa) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Michelle Hurd played Fire in the 1997 pilot film ''Justice League of America (film), Justice League of America''. Natalie Morales (actress), Nat ...

, a DC Comics superhero with the alternate identities Green Fury and Green Flame * Beatriz Aurora Pinzón Solano, the title character of the Colombian telenovela '' Yo soy Betty, la fea'' * Beatriz Garcia, aka Penny Century, a fictional character in the comic book series ''Love and Rockets'', by

Los Bros Hernandez The Hernandez brothers, also known as Los Bros Hernandez, are the three American cartoonist brothers Mario (b. 1953), Gilbert (b. 1957), and Jaime Hernandez (b. 1959). The three were born in a Mexican-American family and grew up in ...

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