| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin |
| Meaning | brings joy, brings happiness to others |
| Region of origin | Spain, Latin America, Portugal |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Beatrix, Beatrice |
Beatriz (Spanish: [be.aˈtɾiθ], Portuguese: [bi.ɐˈtɾiʃ]) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese female first name. It corresponds to the Latin name Beatrix and the English and Italian name Beatrice. The name in Latin means 'brings joy' and in other languages also means 'she who brings others happiness'. [1]
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 Allende (1943–1977), Chilean Socialist politician and revolutionary
- Beatriz Pereira Alvim (1380–1415), first Duchess of Braganza
- Beatriz da Conceição (1939–2015), fadista
- Beatriz Batarda (born 1974), Portuguese actress
- Beatriz Carvajal (born 1949), Spanish actress
- Beatriz Colomina, architecture historian
- Beatriz Corredor (born 1968), Spanish lawyer and politician
- Beatriz Costa (1907–1996), Portuguese actress
- Beatriz Clara Coya (1556–1600) princess of the Inca Empire
- Beatriz Cruz (born 1980), retired track and field athlete
- Beatriz Parra Durango (born 1940), 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
- Gigi Fernández (born 1964), former tennis player
- Beatriz Fernández (born 1985), Spanish handball player
- Beatriz Galindo (c. 1465–1534), Spanish physician and educator
- Beatriz Gomes (born 1979), Portuguese sprint canoer
- Beatriz Guido (1924–1988), Argentine novelist and screenwriter
- Beatriz Jaguaribe, Brazilian communications professor and editor
- Beatriz Lucero Lhuillier, Philippine athlete who won Olympic medals in gymnastics and taekwondo
- Beatriz Luengo (born 1982), Spanish actress, singer and dancer
- Beatriz Manchón (born 1976), Spanish sprint canoer
- Beatriz Marinello (born 1964), Chilean-born American chess player
- Beatriz Merino (born 1947), the only female prime minister of Peru
- Beatriz Michelena (1890–1942), American silent film actress
- Beatriz Milhazes (born 1960), Brazilian artist
- Beatriz Azurduy Palacios (1952–2003), Bolivian movie director
- Beatriz Paredes Rangel (born 1953), Mexican politician
- Beatriz Pascual (born 1982), Spanish race walker
- Beatriz Canedo Patiño, Bolivian fashion designer
- Beatriz Peschard, Mexican architect
- Beatriz Sarlo (born 1942), Argentine literary and cultural critic
- Beatriz Saw (born 1985), one of the season 2 Pinoy Big Brother housemates
- Beatriz Segall (1926–2018), Brazilian actress
- Beatriz Segura (born 1975), Spanish actress
- Beatriz Sheridan (1934–2006), Mexican actress and director
- Ana Martín (born 1947), Mexican actress born Beatriz Solorzano
- Beatriz Stix-Brunell (born 1993), American ballet dancer
- Beatriz Villacañas (born 1964), poet, essayist and literary critic
- Beatriz Williams, American author
- Dona Beatriz (1684–1706), Congolese prophet known as Kimpa Vita
- Beatriz Zavala (born 1957), Mexican politician
Fictional characters
- Beatriz DaCosta, a DC Comics superhero with the alternate identities Green Fury and Green Flame
- 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
See also
References
- ^ "Beatriz -Baby names origin". Baby Names World. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
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