Given name & surname
Beatrice
“one who blesses others”
Beatrice is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “one who blesses others.”
Original LatinBeatrix
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who blesses others.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
In English usage, Beatrice developed from Beatrix.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Beatrice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 195,653
- 733 boys · 194,920 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 5,994 babies
- 2025
- 583
- #508 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 583 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 508 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 1.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 5,968 in 1921. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (54). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 58,355 as a first name in 2020; 1,056 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Beatrice’s family of names
In English usage, Beatrice has a diminutive in Bee. In English usage, Beatrice shares an earlier linguistic root with Beatriz. In English usage, Beatrice has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Beata.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Beatrice has relatives in 18 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Beatrice comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 21
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Beatrice
- Bea ArthurAmerican actress and comedienne (1922–2009)
- Princess Beatriceelder daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Fergusonborn 1988
- Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdomyoungest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert (1857–1944)
- Beatrice ChebetKenyan long-distance runner born 2000
- Beatrice StraightAmerican actress (1914-2001)
- Beatrice WebbEnglish sociologist, economist, socialist, and social reformer (1858–1943)
- Beatrice of PortugalQueen of Castile, Pretender Queen of Portugal1373–1409
- Beatrice TinsleyNew Zealand astronomer (1941–1981)
- Beatrice of NaplesQueen Consort of Hungary and Bohemia1457–1508
Characters named Beatrice: Beatrice Baudelaire (actor).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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