"Beatrice" meaning in English

See Beatrice in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈbiː(ə)tɹɪs/, /biˈætrɪs/, /beəˈtɹɪs/ [Philippine] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Beatrice.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Either 1) from the Latin Beatrix, name of early Christian saints, from beatrix (“she who makes happy”), or 2) from viatrix (“female wayfarer, traveller”), influenced by beata. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|Beatrix}} Latin Beatrix, {{m|la|beatrix||she who makes happy}} beatrix (“she who makes happy”), {{m|la|viātrīx|viatrix}} viatrix, {{m|la|beata}} beata Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Beatrice
  1. A female given name from Latin. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Translations (female given name): Beatriu [feminine] (Catalan), Beatrijs (Dutch), Beatrix (Dutch), Beatrica (Esperanto), Béatrice [feminine] (French), Beatrix [feminine] (German), Βεατρίκη (Veatríki) [feminine] (Greek), Beatrice [feminine] (Italian), Beātrīx [feminine] (Latin), Beatrise [feminine] (Latvian), Beatris [feminine] (Middle French), Beata [feminine] (Polish), Beatriz [feminine] (Portuguese), Беатри́са (Beatrísa) [feminine] (Russian), Беатри́с (Beatrís) [feminine] (Russian), Beitris [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), Beatriz [feminine] (Spanish), Beatrice (Swedish), Betrys [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Beatrice-en-name-gQoJTTk- Disambiguation of 'female given name': 95 5
  2. A city, the county seat of Gage County, Nebraska, United States. Categories (place): Cities in Nebraska, USA, Cities in the United States, Places in Nebraska, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Beatrice-en-name-si8Pwa1C Categories (other): County seats of Nebraska, USA, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Beats

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