Beatrix

Beatrix is a Latin name. It is a feminine form of the late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller". It was also a common name amongst early Christians, though the spelling was altered by association with the Latin beatus, meaning "blessed".^[1]

The Spanish and Portuguese form of this name is spelled Beatriz.^[2]

The Italian Beatrice is also derived from it.

Real people

• Beatrix, Chicken
• Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
• One of the group of Roman martyrs and saints Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix
• Saint Beatrix d'Ornacieux
• Saint Beatrix d'Este (d. 1262)
• Blessed Beatrix, (d. 1269)—Beatrice of Nazareth, Belgium.
• Beatrix of Burgundy, Queen of the Holy Roman Empire
• Beatrix Potter, English author and noted conservationist
• Beatrix Jones Farrand, American landscape architect, one of the founding eleven members of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
• Beatrix Hoyt, American three-time amateur golfing champion

Fictional characters

• General Beatrix, a character in the video game Final Fantasy IX.
• Beatrix Kiddo, the protagonist of the Kill Bill films.
• Béatrix de Rochefide, the protagonist of Balzac's novel Béatrix.

Other

• Sainte-Béatrix, Quebec, a municipality in Canada
• 83 Beatrix, a large asteroid in the inner part of the main asteroid belt
• BeatrIX, a GNU/Linux operating system
• Béatrix, 1839 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac.

See also

• Beata
• Beatrice (disambiguation)

References

1. ^ Behindthename.com
2. ^ Behindthename.com