Given name & surname
Beat
“one who blesses others”
Beat is a variant of Beatrice. One Latin interpretation is “one who blesses others.”
Original LatinBeatus
Meaning & origin
What it means
Beat is a variant of Beatrice. One Latin interpretation is “one who blesses others.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Late Latin.
How it developed
In Alemannic German usage, Beat is a masculine form of Beata. In Alemannic German usage, Beat developed from Beatus.
Beat’s family of names
In Alemannic German usage, Beat is a masculine form of Beata. Beat has a related form in Beatrice. In German usage, Beat has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form BEATO.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Beat has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Beat comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Beat
- Beat FeuzSwiss male alpine skierborn 1987
- Beat HeftiSwiss bobsledderborn 1978
- Beat JansSwiss politician and Federal Councillorborn 1964
- Beat ZbergSwiss cyclistborn 1971
- Beat Breuroad bicycle racerborn 1957
- Beat Seitzbobsledderborn 1973
- Beat FurrerAustrian composer and conductorborn 1954
- Beat SchwerzmannSwiss rowerborn 1966
- Beat RichnerSwiss pediatrician, cellist, and founder of children's hospitals in Cambodia (1947-2018)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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