Beatriz

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Beatriz (Portuguese pronunciation: [βiɐˈtɾiʒ]) is a Spanish and Portuguese female first name. It corresponds to the Latin name Beatrix and the English and Italian name Beatrice. The name means "voyager".^[1]

Beatriz may refer to:

Given name

• Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1909–2002), daughter of Spain's King Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenie of Battenburg
• Beatriz de Suabia (1203–1235), Queen of Castile and Queen of Leon
• Beatriz de Dia (born c. 1140), the most famous of the trobairitz, female troubadours
• Beatriz Alas, a Communist candidate in the 2004 Canadian elections
• Beatriz Allende (1943–1977), a Chilean Socialist politician and revolutionary
• Beatriz Pereira Alvim (1380–1415), first Duchess of Braganza
• Beatriz Batarda (born 1974), a Portuguese actress
• Beatriz Bicalho (born 1971), a Brazilian Scientist
• Beatriz Carvajal (born 1949), a Spanish actress
• Beatriz Colomina, an architecture historian
• Beatriz Corredor (born 1968), a Spanish lawyer and politician
• Beatriz Costa (1907–1996), a Portuguese actress
• Beatriz Cruz (born 1980), a retired track and field athlete
• Beatriz Parra Durango (born 1940), an Ecuadorian classical soprano
• Beatriz Enríquez de Arana (1467–1521), the mistress of Christopher Columbus
• Beatriz Fajardo de Mendoza y de Guzmán (1619–1678), Baroness of Polop and Benidorm
• Beatriz Fernández (born 1985), a Spanish handball player
• Beatriz Galindo (c. 1465–1534), a Spanish physician and educator
• Beatriz Gomes (born 1979), a Portuguese sprint canoer
• Beatriz Guido (1924–1988), an Argentine novelist and screenwriter
• Beatriz Jaguaribe, a Brazilian communications professor and editor
• Beatriz Lucero Lhuillier, a Philippine athlete who won Olympic medals in gymnastics and taekwondo
• Beatriz Luengo (born 1982), a Spanish actress, singer and dancer
• Beatriz Manchón (born 1976), a Spanish sprint canoer
• Beatriz Marinello (born 1964), a chess player born in Chile but living in the United States
• Beatriz Merino (born 1947), the only female prime minister of Peru
• Beatriz Michelena (1890–1942), an American silent film actress
• Beatriz Milhazes (born 1960), a Brazilian artist
• Beatriz Azurduy Palacios (1952–2003), a Bolivian motion picture director
• Beatriz Paredes Rangel (born 1953), a Mexican politician
• Beatriz Pascual (born 1982), a Spanish race walker
• Beatriz Canedo Patiño, a Bolivian fashion designer
• Beatriz Sarlo (born 1942), an Argentine literary and cultural critic
• Beatriz Saw (born 1985), one of the season 2 Pinoy Big Brother housemates
• Beatriz Segura (born 1975), a Spanish actress
• Beatriz Sheridan (1934–2006), a Mexican actress and director
• Beatriz Stix-Brunell (born 1993), a ballerina
• Beatriz Villacañas (born 1964), a poet, essayist and literary critic
• Beatriz Zavala (born 1957), a Mexican politician
• Ana Beatriz Barros (born 1982), a Brazilian model
• Ana Martín (born 1947), a Mexican actress born Beatriz Solorzano
• Dona Beatriz (1684–1706), a Congolese prophet known as Kimpa Vita
• Gigi Fernández (born 1964), a former tennis player
• Margarita Beatriz Luna (born 1956), a Mexican judge
• María Beatriz Nofal, an Argentine economist
• Marta Beatriz Roque (born 1945), a Cuban economist and dissident

Surname

• Ana Beatriz (born 1985), a Brazilian racing driver known as Bia Figueiredo
• Stephanie Beatriz, an American actress

Fictional characters

• Beatriz DaCosta, a DC Comics superhero with the alternate identity Fire
• Beatriz or Betty Suarez, the title character in the U.S. TV series Ugly Betty
• Beatriz Aurora Pinzón Solano, the title character of the Colombian telenovela Yo soy Betty, la fea
• Beatriz Garcia, aka Penny Century, a fictional character in the comic book series Love and Rockets, by Los Bros Hernandez

References

See also

• Beatrice (disambiguation)
• Beatrix (disambiguation)
• Beatriz (disambiguation)