Beatrix

Beatrix is a Latin feminine given name, most likely derived from Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller" and later influenced in spelling by association with the Latin word beatus or "blessed". It is pronounced /ˈbiːətrɪks/ BEE-ə-triks in British English and the same or /ˈbiːtrɪks/ BEE-triks in North American English. Another North American English pronunciation however approximates that of most other languages: /ˈbeɪətrɪks/ BAY-ə-triks, as shown by US dictionary entries for the former queen of the Netherlands.

Common forms of this name include Beatrice in English and Italian, Béatrice in French, Beatriz in Spanish and Portuguese, Beate 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 (c. 1240 – c. 1306/9), French Carthusian nun
Beatrix da Silva (1424–1492), Portuguese Franciscan nun

Royalty and nobility

Beatrix de Courtenay (died 1245), Countess of Edessa
Beatrix de Vesci, (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 (1492–1535), Margravine of Baden
Beatrix of Bar (c. 1017 – 1076), marchioness of Tuscany
Beatrix of Bavaria (1344–1359), Queen consort of Sweden
Beatrix of Brandenburg (died 1314), wife of Henry II, Lord of Mecklenburg
Beatrix of Falkenburg (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 (1305–1319), Queen consort of Hungary
Beatrix of Nuremberg (c. 1362 – 1414), Duchess of Austria
Beatrix of Silesia (1290–1322), queen consort of the Romans
Beatrix of Swabia (1198–1212), Holy Roman Empress
Beatrix of the Netherlands (born 1938), queen regnant from 1980 to 2013
Beatrix, Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau (1930–2021), Countess consort of Schönburg-Glauchau
Princess Beatrix of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1936–1997), daughter of Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Queen Beatrix (disambiguation)
Princess Beatrix (disambiguation)

Others

Beatrix Balogh (born 1974), Hungarian handball player
Beatrix Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans (1877–1953), English peer
Béatrix Beck (1914–2008), French writer
Beatrix Borchard (born 1950), German musicologist and author
Beatrix Boulsevicz (born 1987), Hungarian swimmer
Beatrix Campbell (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 (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 (1872–1959), American landscape gardener and landscape architect
Beatrix Galindo (c. 1465 – 1534), Spanish physician and educator
Beatrix Hamburg (1923–2018), American psychiatrist
Beatrix Havergal (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 (1878–1921), Canadian soprano and violinist
Beatrix Lambton, Countess of Durham (1859–1937), British peer
Beatrix Lehmann (1903–1979), British actress, theatre director and author
Beatrix Leslie (c. 1577 – 1661), Scottish midwife executed for witchcraft
Beatrix Loughran (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 (1923–2014), British editor of Queen and Vogue magazines
Beatrix Müllner (born 1970), Austrian synchronized swimmer
Beatrix Nobis (1950–2024), German art historian
Beatrix Ong (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 (1866–1943), English illustrator, author and conservationist
Beatrix Rechner (born 1951), Swiss high jumper
Beatrix de Rijk (1883–1958), Dutch aviator
Beatrix de Rijke (1421–1468), Dutch foundling
Beatrix Ruf (born 1960), German art curator
Beatrix Schröer (born 1963), German rower
Beatrix Schuba (born 1951), Austrian figure skater
Beatrix Sherman (1894–1975), American silhouette artist
Beatrix von Storch (born 1971), German politician
Beatrix Lucia Catherine Tollemache (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, title character in a series of 'girl detective' mysteries
Beatrix Cenci, 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, the protagonist of the Kill Bill films
Beatrix MacMillan, a Doctor Who companion
Béatrix de Rochefide, the protagonist of Balzac's novel Béatrix
Beatrix Vespasian-Orus, 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 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