Beatrice is a female given name which comes from Latin Beatrix based on Viatrixmeaning “female traveler/voyager” though the spelling was later altered to resemble beatus, which comes from Latin meaning “happy, fortunate, blessed” derived from PIE root word *dew- (to show favor, revere). Beatrice is one of the main characters in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (1598-1599).
Origin: Proto-Indo-European
Variants:
- Beatrix (Late Roman, German, Hungarian, Dutch, English)
- Viatrix (Late Roman)
- Béatrice (French)
- Beatrise (Latvian)
- Beatrycze (Polish)
- Beatriz (Spanish, Portuguese)
- Beatriu (Catalan)
- Beitris (Scottish)
- Betrys (Welsh)
Male forms:
- Viator (Late Roman)
