Beatriz

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Beatrice in US United States, FR France, IT Italy and 12 more and Beatrix in HU Hungary.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Beatriz is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Catalan given name144K records spelled Beatriz9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, United States, Belgium

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Béatriz, Beatríz, Béātrįz, Bēåtrïz, Bêatriz

• a separate given name44K records spelled Beatriz4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, United Kingdom, Bolivia

  Also written Beatríz, Béatriz, Beatrìz

• Romanian given name1.7K records spelled Beatriz2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Peru, Paraguay

  Also written Beatríz

• Hungarian given name1.6K records spelled Beatriz2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Hungary, Spain, United States, Peru

  Also written Beatríz

• Sinhala given name1.2K records spelled Beatriz2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, Spain, Ecuador

  Also written Beatríz

66 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Beatriz is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Portuguese, a female given name, equivalent to English Beatrice or Beatrix

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, a female given name, equivalent to English Beatrice

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 129 years between 1894–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Béatrice of Vermandoisb. 880not in their usual nameFrench queen consort
• Beatrice of Savoyb. 1198FRnot in their usual nameCountess consort of Provence (c.1198–c.1267)
• Beatrice of Castileb. 1242ESnot in their usual nameQueen of Portugal
• Beatrice of Castileb. 1293ESnot in their usual nameQueen consort of Portugal (1325-1357)
• Beatrice of Portugalb. 1373PTnot in their usual nameQueen of Castile, Pretender Queen of Portugal
• Infanta Beatriz of Spainb. 1909ESSpanish infanta, daughter of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1909–2002)
• Beatriz Merinob. 1947PEPeruvian lawyer and politician
• Gigi Fernándezb. 1964USnot in their usual namePuerto Rican professional tennis player
• Stephanie Beatrizb. 1981ARArgentine-American actress
• Beatriz Haddad Maiab. 1996BRBrazilian tennis player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 932 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Beatriz?

We estimate roughly 801 thousand people bear Beatriz (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Beatriz have the most bearers?

Beatriz is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled beatriz.

How common is Beatriz compared with other names?

In Argentina, Beatriz is the 8th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Beatriz a male or female name?

Beatriz is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Beatriz mean?

Recorded meaning: Latin Beatrix, from beo 'make happy'; feminine of beator 'one who makes happy'