Beatrix is a Latin feminine given name, most likely derived from ''Viatrix'', a feminine form of the

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name ''Viator'' which meant "voyager, traveller" and later influenced in spelling by association with the Latin word ''beatus'' or "blessed". It is pronounced in British EnglishOxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Beatriz Beatriz (, ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese female first name. It corresponds to the Latin name Beatrix and the English and Italian name Beatrice. The name in Latin means 'brings joy' and in other languages also means 'she who brings oth ...

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Beate Beata or Beate is a female given name or Portuguese surname that occurs in several cultures and languages, including Italian, German, Polish, and Swedish, and which is derived from the Latin ''beatus'', meaning " blessed".''Behind the Name'' ...

in German, and Beata in Polish and Swedish. Common short forms are Bea and Trixie. See Beatrice for other derivatives.

People

Saints

* Saint Beatrix (died c. 303), Christian martyr, in older sources named Viatrix ("the traveler"). * Saint Beatrix d'Este (1226?–1262), Italian Benedictine nun * Blessed Beatrix or Beatrix of Nazareth (1200–1268), Flemish Cistercian nun, mystic and author *

Beatrix d'Ornacieux Blessed Beatrix d'Ornacieux (Beatrice of Ornacieux) (c. 1240–1306/09) was a Carthusian nun. Her Calendar of saints, feast day is 25 November. Beatrice was a Carthusian nun who founded a settlement of the order at Eymieux in the department of D ...

(c. 1240 – c. 1306/9), French Carthusian nun * Beatrix da Silva (1424–1492), Portuguese Franciscan nun

Royalty and nobility

Beatrix de Courtenay Beatrix de Courtenay (died after 1245) was a Titular Countess of Edessa and Countess consort of Henneberg as the wife of Otto von Botenlauben. She was the eldest daughter of Agnes of Milly and Joscelin III, Count of Edessa, who sold Chastel Ne ...

(died 1245), Countess of Edessa *

Beatrix de Vesci Beatrix de Vesci of Alnwick Castle, was an eleventh-century medieval noble lady of house de Vesci. Life Daughter and sole heir of Ivo de Vesci, Builder and first Baron and his wife, Alda, Beatrix de Vesci was one of the richest heiresses of her ...

, (died c. 1125), Anglo-Norman noble * Beatrix of Andechs-Merania (1210–1271), German noble * Beatrix of Aragon (1457–1508), Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia *

Beatrix of Baden Beatrix of Baden (22 January 1492 – 4 April 1535) was a margravine (wife of a margrave) of Baden by birth and by marriage and a Countess Palatine of Simmern. She was a daughter of Christoph I, Margrave of Baden and Ottilie of Katzenelnbo ...

(1492–1535), Margravine of Baden *

Beatrix of Bar Beatrice of Bar (also ''Beatrix''; c. 1020 – 18 April 1076) was the marchioness of Tuscany by marriage to Boniface III of Tuscany, and Regent of Tuscany from 1052 until her death, during the minority of and in co-regency with, her daughter M ...

(c. 1017 – 1076), marchioness of Tuscany *

Beatrix of Bavaria Beatrix of Bavaria (also of Brandenburg, of Wittelsbach; died 1359) was Queen of Sweden as the wife of King Erik Magnusson (1339–1359) who co-ruled Sweden with his father King Magnus Eriksson. Biography Beatrix was the daughter of Margrave ...

(1344–1359), Queen consort of Sweden *

Beatrix of Brandenburg Beatrix of Brandenburg (died 22 September 1314 in Wismar) was the first wife of Lord Henry II "the Lion" of Mecklenburg (1266–1329), whom she married in 1292 at Stargard Castle.Stargarder Burgenverein: ''Burg Stargard, Eine mittelalterliche ...

(died 1314), wife of Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg *

Beatrix of Falkenburg Beatrice of Falkenburg ( – 17 October 1277), also referred to as Beatrix of Valkenburg, was the third spouse of Richard of Cornwall, and as such nominally queen of Germany. Daughter of Dietrich II de Falkenburg, seigneur of Montjoye and his fi ...

(1254–1277), queen consort of the Romans * Beatrix of Franconia (1037–1061), German Abbess and daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Henry III *

Beatrix of Luxembourg Beatrice of Luxembourg (; 1305 – 11 November 1319), was by birth member of the House of Luxembourg and by marriage List of Hungarian royal consorts, Queen of Hungary. She was the youngest child of Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor and his wife, M ...

(1305–1319), Queen consort of Hungary *

Beatrix of Nuremberg Beatrix of Nuremberg (, Nuremberg – 10 June 1414, Perchtoldsdorf) was a daughter of Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg and his wife Elisabeth of Meissen. In 1375 in Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of la ...

(c. 1362 – 1414), Duchess of Austria * Beatrix of Silesia (1290–1322), queen consort of the Romans *

Beatrix of Swabia Beatrice or Beatriz of Swabia (April/June 1198 – 11 August 1212), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was Holy Roman Empress and German Queen in 1212 as the first wife of the Welf emperor Otto IV. She was also the shortest-serving Holy ...

(1198–1212), Holy Roman Empress *

Beatrix of the Netherlands Beatrix (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, ; born 31 January 1938) is a member of the Dutch royal house who reigned as List of monarchs of the Netherlands, Queen of the Netherlands from 30 April 1980 until her abdication in 2013. Beatrix was born ...

(born 1938), queen regnant from 1980 to 2013 *

Beatrix, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau Beatrix, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau ('' née '' Countess Beatrix Maria Valeria Thérèse Emerica Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék; 30 January 1930 – 30 September 2021) was a Hungarian-German aristocrat and socialite. By birth a member of ...

(1930–2021), Countess consort of Schönburg-Glauchau *

Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (; 10 July 1936 – 15 November 1997) was a German princess from the House of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. She was a niece of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and thus a first cousin of King Charles III. Biograp ...

(1936–1997), daughter of Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg * Queen Beatrix (disambiguation) *

Princess Beatrix (disambiguation) Princess Beatrice (born 1988) is the daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II. Princess Beatrice may also refer to: People *Beatrice of England (1242–1275), daughter of Henry III of England and Eleanor of P ...

Others

* Beatrix Balogh (born 1974), Hungarian handball player *

Beatrix Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans Beatrix Frances Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans, Marchioness of Waterford, GBE, DGStJ (25 March 1877 – 5 August 1953), born Lady Beatrix Frances Fitzmaurice, was a member of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy, both by birth and through her two marri ...

(1877–1953), English peer *

Béatrix Beck Béatrix Beck (14 July 1914 – 30 November 2008) was a French writer of Belgium, Belgian origin. She was born at Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland, the daughter of the poet Christian Beck (poet), Christian Beck. After several jobs, she becam ...

(1914–2008), French writer * Beatrix Borchard (born 1950), German musicologist and author * Beatrix Boulsevicz (born 1987), Hungarian swimmer *

Beatrix Campbell Mary Lorimer Beatrix Campbell (''née'' Barnes; born 3 February 1947) is an English writer and activist who has written for a number of publications since the early 1970s. Her books include ''Wigan Pier Revisited'' (1984), ''Goliath: Britain's ...

(born 1947), British journalist and author * Béatrix de Choiseul-Stainville (1729–1794), French salonnière and bibliophile * Beatrix Christian, Australian playwright and screenwriter *

Béatrix de Cusance Béatrix de Cusance, Baroness of Belvoir (27 December 1614 – 5 June 1663), was the second wife of Charles IV, former reigning Duke of Lorraine. She was a correspondent of Constantijn Huygens. Biography She was the second child and first ...

(1614–1663), Duchess of Lorraine * Beatrix Dobie (1887–1945), New Zealand landscape artist * Beatrix D'Souza (born 1935), Indian politician and social worker * Béatrix Dussane (1888–1969), French stage actress *

Beatrix Farrand Beatrix Cadwalader Farrand (née Jones; June 19, 1872 – February 28, 1959) was an American landscape gardener and landscape architect. Her career included commissions to design about 110 gardens for private residences, estates and country hom ...

(1872–1959), American landscape gardener and landscape architect * Beatrix Galindo (c. 1465 – 1534), Spanish physician and educator *

Beatrix Hamburg Beatrix Ann Hamburg (née McCleary; October 19, 1923 – April 15, 2018) was an American psychiatrist whose long career in academic medicine advanced the field of child and adolescent psychiatry. Hamburg was the first known African-American to at ...

(1923–2018), American psychiatrist *

Beatrix Havergal Beatrix Helen Havergal (born Grace Beatrix Helen Havergal, 1901-1980) was an English horticulturist. In 1932 Havergal founded Waterperry School of Horticulture, a residential horticultural college for women. When she retired as principal in 1 ...

(1901–1980), English horticulturist * Beatrix von Holte (1250–1327), German abbess * Beatrix Hoyt (1880–1963), American golfing champion * Beatrix Jones Farrand (1872–1959), American landscape architect * Beatrix Kisházi (born 1946), Hungarian table tennis player * Beatrix Kökény (born 1969), Hungarian handball player *

Béatrix La Palme ''Béatrix'' is an 1839 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) and included in the ''Scènes de la vie privée'' section of his novel sequence ''La Comédie humaine''. It first appeared in the periodical ''Le Siècle'' in August ...

(1878–1921), Canadian soprano and violinist * Beatrix Lambton, Countess of Durham (1859–1937), British peer *

Beatrix Lehmann Beatrix Alice Lehmann (1 July 1903 – 31 July 1979) was a British actress, theatre director, writer and novelist. Early life and family Lehmann was born in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire. She came from a family of notable achievers: the third o ...

(1903–1979), British actress, theatre director and author * Beatrix Leslie (c. 1577 – 1661), Scottish midwife executed for witchcraft *

Beatrix Loughran Beatrix Suzetta Loughran (June 30, 1900 – December 7, 1975) was an American figure skater who competed in single and pair skating. She is the only American to win three Olympic medals in figure skating (1924, 1928, 1932), and one of the oldest ...

(1900–1975), American figure skater * Beatrix Lyall (1873–1948), British social reformer and politician * Beatrix Mahlknecht, Italian luger * Beatrix Waring McCay (1901–1972), Australian barrister * Béatrix Midant-Reynes, French Egyptologist *

Beatrix Miller Beatrix Molineux Miller, CBE (29 June 1923 – 21 February 2014) was a British fashion and cultural magazine editor. She was editor of ''Queen'' from 1958 to 1964, and editor of ''British Vogue'' from 1964 to 1985. Early life Miller was born o ...

(1923–2014), British editor of ''Queen'' and ''Vogue'' magazines *

Beatrix Müllner Beatrix Zoufal (born 19 May 1970), née Müllner, is a former synchronized swimmer from Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine F ...

(born 1970), Austrian synchronized swimmer *

Beatrix Nobis Beatrix Nobis (12 June 1950 – 22 June 2024) was a German art historian. Biography Beatrix Nobis studied at the University of Bonn and the University of Braunschweig. She completed her dissertation in 1993 on the subject of Kurt Schwitters a ...

(1950–2024), German art historian *

Beatrix Ong Beatrix Ong is a London-based British luxury fashion accessories designer, known for her shoes. Called 'The New Jimmy Choo, Choo', in 2004 Ong was named by ''The Independent'' newspaper as one of the Top Ten leading shoe designers. Ong founde ...

(born 1976), British luxury goods designer * Beatrix Maud Palmer (1858–1950), British political and women's rights activist * Beatrix Pesek, Hungarian ten-pin bowler *

Beatrix Potter Helen Beatrix Heelis (; 28 July 186622 December 1943), usually known as Beatrix Potter ( ), was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as '' ...

(1866–1943), English illustrator, author and conservationist * Beatrix Rechner (born 1951), Swiss high jumper *

Beatrix de Rijk Beatrix de Rijk (1883–1958) was a pioneering Indonesian Dutch aviator. On receiving her pilot's licence from the Aéro-Club de France on 6 October 1911, she became the first Dutch woman pilot. Early life Born on 24 July 1883 in Surabaya in the ...

(1883–1958), Dutch aviator *

Beatrix de Rijke Beatrix de Rijke (1421 – 1468) was a Dutch foundling in Dordrecht in 1421. Biography According to Mathias Balen in his 1677 ''Description of the city of Dordrecht'', she was a survivor of the St. Elizabeth's flood (1421). Her wicker cradle ...

(1421–1468), Dutch foundling *

Beatrix Ruf Beatrix Ruf (born 1960, Singen, Germany) is a German art curator and art advisor who held the position of director of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam between November 2014 and October 2017. Formerly she was director of the Kunsthalle Zurich. She is ...

(born 1960), German art curator * Beatrix Schröer (born 1963), German rower *

Beatrix Schuba Beatrix "Trixi" Schuba (born 15 April 1951) is an Austrian former competitive figure skater who competed in ladies' singles. She is a six-time Austrian national champion (1967–1972), a two-time European champion (1971 and 1972), a two-time Wo ...

(born 1951), Austrian figure skater * Beatrix Sherman (1894–1975), American silhouette artist *

Beatrix von Storch Beatrix von Storch (; 27 May 1971) is a German politician and lawyer, who has been the Deputy Parliamentary Leader of the Alternative for Germany since July 2015 and a Member of the Bundestag since September 2017. She previously was a Member of ...

(born 1971), German politician *

Beatrix Lucia Catherine Tollemache Beatrix Lucia Catherine Tollemache (, c. 1840 – 24 December 1926) was a British writer, translator and poet. She was the daughter of William Egerton, 1st Baron Egerton of Tatton and Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Loftus. Family She was born in ...

(1840–1926), British poet and translator * Beatrix Tóth (born 1967), Hungarian handball player

Fictional characters

* Beatrix Amerhauser, in the manga series '' Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead'' *

Trixie Belden Trixie Belden is the title character in a series of "detective" mysteries written between 1948 and 1986. The first six books were written by Julie Campbell Tatham, who also wrote the Ginny Gordon series; the stories were then continued by vari ...

, title character in a series of 'girl detective' mysteries *

Beatrix Cenci ''Beatrix Cenci'' is an opera in two acts by Alberto Ginastera to a Spanish libretto by the composer and William Shand, based on the historical family of Beatrice Cenci, the ''Chroniques italiennes'' by Stendhal, and ''The Cenci'' by Percy Shelley ...

, protagonist of an opera based on the Italian noblewoman Beatrice Cenci (1577–1599) * Beatrix "Trixie" Franklin, nurse and midwife from ''Call the Midwife'' *

Beatrix Kiddo Beatrix "the Bride" Kiddo (codename: Black Mamba) is the protagonist of the martial arts films '' Kill Bill: Volume 1'' (2003) and '' Kill Bill: Volume 2'' (2004), directed by Quentin Tarantino. She is portrayed by Uma Thurman. In 2010, ''Entert ...

, the protagonist of the ''Kill Bill'' films * Beatrix MacMillan, a Doctor Who companion * Béatrix de Rochefide, the protagonist of Balzac's novel ''

Béatrix ''Béatrix'' is an 1839 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) and included in the ''Scènes de la vie privée'' section of his novel sequence ''La Comédie humaine''. It first appeared in the periodical ''Le Siècle'' in August ...

'' *

Beatrix Vespasian-Orus The following is a list of fictional characters from the Danish-Canadian animated television series ''Ninjago (TV series), Ninjago'' and its Ninjago: Dragons Rising, sequel, which were produced by The Lego Group. The series features a large ensemb ...

, in the ''Ninjago'' animated television series * General Beatrix, a character in the video game ''Final Fantasy IX'' * Beatrix, mother of the

Knight of the Swan The story of the Knight of the Swan, or Swan Knight, is a medieval tale about a mysterious rescuer who comes in a swan-drawn boat to defend a damsel, his only condition being that he must never be asked his name. The earliest versions, preserv ...

in the medieval tale of the same name * Beatrix, one of the main characters in the Netflix series '' Fate: The Winx Saga'' * Beatrix, a playable character in the video game '' Mobile Legends: Bang Bang''

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