Comments for BEATRICE:

The name of the popular mystery character in Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" to which to complete series of books is dedicated.

-- Sedalyn  4/28/2005

Beatrice is also the name of Beverly Cleary's character, who is given the nickname Beezus and is the older sister of Ramona Quimby in her famous children's books.

-- Anonymous User  12/10/2005

One of the main characters on the TV series The House of Eliott was called Beatrice / Bea.

-- Anonymous User  12/28/2005

Beatrice is a very royal name. I would never name my child Beatrice. The kids at school would make fun of her and call her "posh".

-- helena92  1/8/2006

There is nothing wrong with calling a kid Beatrice. You are making people with the name Beatrice feel bad and that's not nice. What if someone told you would never name a kid Helena? And how do you know kids would call her Posh?

-- amber monkey  3/17/2006

Beatrice Elizabeth Mary (born 8/8/1988) is the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of York.

-- Anonymous User  2/28/2006

Beatrice Milly is Paul McCartney and Heather Mills daughter's name.

-- dani_08  3/5/2006

Beatrice Milly McCartney, daughter of Heather Mills and Sir Paul McCartney, is named after Heather's mother Beatrice and Sir Paul's Aunt Milly.

-- freeserve.co.uk  6/19/2007

With a lot of the older names coming back into popularity I am surprised this one hasn't been used more. I know of one Beatrice, she is called Bea and her room is done with flowers, honey pots and bees. It is actually really cute.

-- Anonymous User  4/25/2006

Trixie is another nickname that can be used for this name. It isn't too bad, I have heard worse.

-- Anonymous User  4/25/2006

Not only is Beatrice Dante's guide in the Divine Comedy, she is also the focus of the Vita Nuova, a book of love poetry and narrative prose which is the precursor to the Divine Comedy. The sole subject of the Vita Nuova is Dante's obsession with Beatrice. She was a real noblewoman, but Dante worshipped her as a divine creature and associated her with with the number 9, which (according to Dante) appeared in many spiritually mysterious ways throughout her life. She's also associated with the color red. Anyway, after reading the Vita Nuova, one really can't help but associate this name with divinity, grace, and beauty.

I think the Italian pronunciation is lovely.

-- Xandaerin  4/28/2006

Beatrice is a cute name for a girl, the nicknames Bea or Trixie aren't that bad either, personally I would use the nickname Bea.

-- Anonymous User  5/4/2006

Dutch pet form is: Beatrijs. But Beatrix is more famous because of our queen.

-- Anonymous User  6/10/2006

I like it (it's my name :P), it's not so common and I like Shakespeare's Beatrice in "Much Ado About Nothing". The name "Beatrice" means "the one who make blessed" or "the one who donates happiness".

-- Mine  8/29/2006

I think Beatrice is an AWFUL name! Even Beatrix is better. I think it comes across as very stuck up. And no offense, but it seems like most parents who name their daughter Beatrice view themselves as very special people and likewise want to pick a name for a "very special little girl". I don't mean to be ignorant, and this could just be a classic case of having a bad impression of a name from a few bad experiences with people who bear the name. Regardless, I don't even like the sound of the name, but that's simply my opinion.

-- misslilith  9/7/2006

How can you make such an assumption? I love Beatrice, and I'd most likely use Betsy as a nickname.

-- Wordsmith  12/16/2006

I love the name Beatrice, but I know this girl named Beatice, and she's kind of mean. I know it's not even the same name, but it's really funny when people call her Beetis.

-- Brenda-Licious  10/29/2006

Beatrice is also the name of a boat in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. Someone, presumably Count Olaf, re-named the boat Count Olaf, and then Carmelita Spats re-named it Carmelita.

-- Anonymous User  10/30/2006

Actually, to the person above the person above me, Count Olaf named the boat Count Olaf AFTER Carmelita named it Carmelita. Anyway, beautiful name. LOVE it very much.

-- nothingshortoftragic  12/28/2006

Count Olaf removed the nameplate that said "Carmelita", revealing another nameplate which said "Count Olaf". So in a sense, the boat was named Beatrice, then Count Olaf, then Carmelita, then back to Count Olaf, and finally Beatrice again.

Anyway, the name Beatrice is beautiful, regardless of what a fictional boat was called.

-- Anonymous User  12/30/2006

Count Olaf never re-named the boat after himself. The order was Beatrice, Carmelita, Count Olaf. I am 100% sure of it. If you have a snippit from the book, perhaps you can change my view.

-- nothingshortoftragic  1/8/2007

Beatrice means "she who blesses" in some translations. The Italian pronunciation is quite lovely: bay'-a-tree-chay. Personally, I don't think the name is stuck up at all - yes, it is quite regal, but it's beautiful and elegant. I like the fact that it has been the name of many princesses - it's historical; and I can't think of any girl who hasn't dreamed of being a princess at some point!

-- Tears Of Blood  12/4/2006

Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore is Queen Victoria's youngest child.

-- black_lace  2/5/2007

I dislike the name. It reminds me of "beat rice."

-- wordybookworm  2/14/2007

Beatrice Arthur is an American actress well known for playing the title role in 'Maude' and Dorothy in 'The Golden Girls'. She is a great comedienne and I still hope enjoy her art.

-- alberto  6/28/2007

Totally horrible. All I can think of when I hear it is beets. Just because a name is old and/or been used by royalty does not make it a beautiful name.

-- queenv  11/17/2007

Listen to the German pronunciation of Beatrice here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html

-- _satu_  1/17/2008

I'm really quite fond of this name. It sounds very elegant and beautiful, and is old fashioned without being weird. If I ever have a daughter, I'll name her Beatrice. I don't like any of the nicknames very much, though.

-- black_lace  3/3/2008

A famous bearer is American actress Beatrice Straight (August 2, 1914 – April 7, 2001). She's well known for her roles on Broadway, such as 'Twelfth Night' and 'The Crucible,' the latter for which she won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 1953. She also won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her brief role as the devastated wife confronting husband William Holden's infidelity in 'Network' in 1976.

-- AndrewJKD  4/7/2008

When I was younger, I found this name sappy and too girly, but nowadays I actually think it's quite a sweet and lovely name. It's a variant of a saint name, so I wouldn't use it, but I wouldn't mind if this name became popular again. It certainly beats many name trends of the moment. Sure, it does rather bring a cute little girl with long, curly, blonde hair and a pink, old-fashioned dress to mind, but I don't think this name is immature or child-like, so it can sound quite sophisticated on a woman.

-- slight night shiver  5/15/2008

I am sorry, this name reminds me of someone very, very fat and hideous. I have a terrible association with the name. Definitely an unnatractive name. Nevaeh is even better. This is my opinion.

-- Anonymous User  9/21/2008

In Italy Beatrice is a classic name, more or less common without overuse since the Middle Ages. It was traditionally typical of the aristocracy. It was relatively common in the second half of the 19th century (14th most popular name in Rome in 1876) and has become rather fashionable again, particularly in Northern Italy: in 2004 it ranks 10th of the most popular names in Venice, 12th in Milan, 20th in all Italy; 17th in Italy in 2006.

-- presentperfect  12/22/2008

In Italy the traditional (but very dated now) nickname is Bice (BEE-cheh). The youngest Beatrice are often called Bea (BEH-ah).

-- presentperfect  12/22/2008

Czech variant is Božena and Blažena.

-- MaggieSimpson  5/5/2009

Beatrice 'Boo Boo' Glass was the eldest daughter in J. D. Salinger's famous fictional Glass family.

-- vomiting  9/10/2009

Beatrice is a classic name that has stood the test of time.

-- vomiting  9/10/2009

Beatrice Tinsley was a New Zealand astrologer and cosmologist. It is her research that we have to thank for much of our understanding of the evolution of galaxies.

-- vomiting  9/10/2009

Poor Beatrice Tinsley! She was in fact an astronomer, not an astrologer, and she wouldn't thank anyone for making that mistake. Good name, though.

-- Anneza  9/22/2009

It seemed familiar enough to me once, but if you repeat it several times it stops sounding like a name. I admit to liking it partially because of Beatrice Portinari.

-- Wilted  9/18/2009

I think this is a really ugly name - it looks like "beat rice", reminds me of beetroot, and of two dowdy old ladies my gran used to know. Beatrix is slightly better, because it can be disguised as Trixi, though that seems better on a pet dog.

-- Just Jonquil  10/19/2009

Comments for BÉATRICE:

Béatrice, in French, is pronounced, bay-ah-TREESE (the accent over the first "e" makes it say, "ay", as in the popular franco-anglo name, Renée). I think this is much prettier and way more feminine sounding than Beatrix, which is also rather dated in the US.

-- leananshae  11/27/2007

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