Beatrice
Beatrice is a girl name of Latin origin, ranked #38 in popularity, meaning She who brings happiness.
What Beatrice means
She who brings happiness.
Beatrice sits at 8 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.
Where Beatrice comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Beatrice is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Beatrice?
Beatrice is ranked #38. Names in this band tend to be the comfortable middle ground — recognised everywhere, but common enough to need no explanation and rare enough to still feel chosen.
The character of Beatrice
Two ideas meet in Beatrice: Happy and the long-established classics. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Beatrice
These share Beatrice's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Aurelia — The golden one.
- Beatrix — Voyager; bringer of joy.
- Camila — Perfect, unblemished.
- Clara — Bright, clear, famous.
- Grace — Grace, elegance, divine favor.
- Rose — The rose flower.
- Augusta — Great and venerable.
- Cecilia — Patroness of music.
- Claudia — An old Roman family name.
- Clementine — Mild and merciful.
- Constance — Steadfast and constant.
- Diana — Divine; goddess of the moon and hunt.