Beatriz
| 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
[edit]- 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 Acevedo, American entrepreneur
- Beatriz Adriana (born 1958), Mexican singer of ranchera and actress
- Beatriz Aguirre (1926-2019), Mexican film and television actress
- Beatriz Allende (1943–1977), Chilean Socialist politician and revolutionary
- Beatriz Pereira Alvim (1380–1415), first Duchess of Braganza
- Beatriz Amendola, Urugayan-American radiation oncologist
- Beatriz Araujo (born 1955), Argentine former professional tennis player
- Beatriz Balzi (1936–2001), Argentinean pianist, professor and musicologist
- Beatriz Barba (1928–2021), Mexican academic, anthropologist, and archaeologist
- Beatriz Barbuy, Brazilian astrophysicist
- Beatriz Batarda (born 1974), Portuguese actress
- Beatriz Bernal, Spanish writer
- Beatriz Bezerra (born 2006), Brazilian competitive swimmer
- Beatriz Bilbao (born 1951) is a Venezuelan composer
- Beatriz Bonnet (1930-2020), Argentine film and television actress and comedian
- Beatriz Bracher (born 1961), Brazilian writer
- Beatriz Francisca de Assis Brandão (1779-1868), Neoclassical or Arcadian Brazilian poet, translator, musician, educator and early feminist
- Beatriz Briones (born 1999), Mexican sprint kayaker
- Beatriz Camuñas, Mexican swimmer
- Beatriz Capotosto (1962-2018), Argentine athlete who specialised in the sprint hurdles
- Beatriz Carneiro (born 1998), Brazilian Paralympic swimmer
- Beatriz Carvajal (born 1949), Spanish actress
- Beatriz Caso (1929-2006), Mexican sculptor
- Beatriz Castillo (born 1954), Cuban sprinter
- Beatriz Colomina, architecture historian
- Beatriz da Conceição (1939–2015), Portuguese fado singer
- Beatriz Consuelo (born 1932-2013), Brazilian-Swiss ballerina and dance instructor
- Beatriz Copello, Australian writer, poet, playwright and psychologist
- Beatriz Corrales (born 1992), Spanish badminton player
- Beatriz Corredor (born 1968), Spanish lawyer and politician
- Beatriz Cortez , Los Angeles–based artist and scholar from El Salvador
- Beatriz Costa (1907–1996), Portuguese actress
- Beatriz Susana Cougnet de Roederer (1930-2022), pioneer of Argentine physics, specializing in the field of cosmic radiation and high-speed physics
- Beatriz Clara Coya (1556–1600) princess of the Inca Empire
- Beatriz Cruz (born 1980), retired track and field athlete
- Beatriz Dávila (born 1956), Argentine wheelchair basketball player
- Beatriz Dizotti (born 2000), Brazilian swimmer
- Beatriz Doumerc (1929-2014), Argentine writer of children's literature
- Beatriz Parra Durango (born 1940), Ecuadorian classical soprano
- Beatriz Enríquez de Arana (1467–1521), the mistress of Christopher Columbus
- Beatriz Escalona (1903-1979), American comic actress
- Beatriz Escribano (born 1990), Spanish handball player
- Gigi Fernández (born 1964), former tennis player
- Beatriz Fernández (born 1985), Spanish handball player
- Beatriz Ferrari, Uruguayan church official
- Beatriz Ferreira (born 1992), Brazilian professional boxer
- Beatriz Ferrer-Salat (born 1966), Spanish equestrian
- Beatriz Ferreyra (born 1937), Argentine composer
- Beatriz Flamenco (born 1995), hurdler from El Salvador
- Beatriz Flamini, Spanish extreme athlete and mountaineer
- Beatriz Flores Silva (born 1956), Uruguayan-Belgian film director, film producer, screenwriter and teacher
- Beatriz Francisco (born 1996), Brazilian group rhythmic gymnast
- Beatriz Futuro (born 1986), Brazilian rugby sevens player
- Beatriz Galindo (c. 1465–1534), Spanish physician and educator
- Beatriz García (born 1970), Spanish international football midfielder
- Beatriz Ghirelli (1915-1992) Argentinian engineer, pioneer of standardisation practices
- Beatriz Gomes (born 1979), Portuguese sprint canoer
- Beatriz González (born 1932), Colombian painter, sculptor, critic, curator and art historian
- Beatriz Guido (1924–1988), Argentine novelist and screenwriter
- Beatriz Haddad Maia (born 1996), Brazilian professional tennis player
- Beatriz Hatz (born 2000), American Paralympic athlete who competes in long jump and sprinting events
- Beatriz Hernanz, Spanish poet and critic
- Beatriz Jaguaribe, Brazilian communications professor and editor
- Beatriz Linhares (born 2003), Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
- Beatriz Lockhart (1944-2015), Uruguayan pianist, music educator and composer
- Beatriz Lucero Lhuillier, Philippine athlete who won Olympic medals in gymnastics and taekwondo
- Beatriz Luengo (born 1982), Spanish actress, singer and dancer
- Beatriz Luna, developmental neuroscientist
- Beatriz Maggi (1924-2017), Cuban essayist, professor, and literary critic
- Beatriz Manchón (born 1976), Spanish sprint canoer
- Beatriz Marinello (born 1964), Chilean-born American chess player
- Beatriz Martins (born 1994), Portuguese trampoline gymnast
- Beatriz Martín (born 1974), Spanish judoka
- Beatriz Martínez (born 1986), Spanish sport shooter
- Beatriz Mejia-Krumbein (born 1945), Colombian artist
- Beatriz Mendoza, Paralympic athlete from Spain competing mainly in category T12 sprint events
- Beatriz Merino (born 1947), the only female prime minister of Peru
- Beatriz Mesquita, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor
- Beatriz Michelena (1890–1942), American silent film actress
- Beatriz Milhazes (born 1960), Brazilian artist
- Beatriz Miranda Galarza (born 1971), Ecuadorian researcher
- Beatriz Montañez (born 1977), Spanish TV presenter and actress
- Beatriz Monteiro (born 1999), Portuguese actress
- Beatriz Monteiro (badminton) (born 2005), Portuguese Para-badminton player
- Beatriz Nascimento (1942-1995), Afro-Brazilian academic and activist
- Beatriz Neila (born 2002), Spanish motorcycle racer
- Beatriz Noheda, professor at the University of Groningen and the director of the Groningen Cognitive Systems and Materials Center (CogniGron)
- Beatriz Ortiz (born 1995), Spanish female water polo player
- Beatriz Padrón (born 2003), Costa Rican swimmer
- Beatriz Parra Durango (born 1940), Ecuadorian classical soprano
- Beatriz Parra Salas, known as Bea Parra (born 1987), Spanish footballer
- 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 Pellón (born 1960), Spanish professional tennis and field hockey player
- Beatriz Pacheco Pereira (born 1951), Portuguese writer, teacher, sculptor, columnist, critic and specialist in Portuguese cinema
- Beatriz Peniche Barrera (1893-1976), writer, teacher and Mexican feminist
- Beatriz Pérez (born 1991), Spanish field hockey midfielder
- Beatriz Peschard, Mexican architect
- Beatriz Pichi Malen (born 1953), stage name of Norma Beatriz Berretta, Argentine singer of Mapuche origin
- Beatriz Pinheiro (1871-1922), Portuguese writer concerned with improving the rights of women
- Beatriz Pirón (born 1995), Dominican weightlifter
- Beatriz Prades Insa, known as Bea Prades (born 1999), Spanish footballer
- Beatriz Ramo (born 1979), Spanish architect and urbanist
- Beatriz Helena Ramos, artist, entrepreneur, film director, producer and illustrator
- Beatriz Recari (born 1987), Spanish professional golfer
- Beatriz Renta (born 1942), Argentine composer, musicologist, and pedagogue
- Beatriz Rente (1858-1907), Portuguese theatre actor
- Beatriz Rico (born 1970), Spanish actress
- Beatriz Rico (neuroscientist), professor of developmental neurobiology at King's College London
- Beatriz Roldán Cuenya (born 1976), Spanish physicist working in surface science and catalysis
- Beatriz Ros (born 1974), Spanish long-distance runner
- Beatriz Saavedra, Mexican actress
- Beatriz Salomón (1953-2019), Argentine actress
- Beatriz Santiago (born 1968), Spanish long-distance runner
- Beatriz Santiago Muñoz (born 1972), artist based in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Beatriz Santos Arrascaeta (born 1947), Uruguayan writer, educator, singer and activist of African descent
- 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 Seigner, Brazilian film director and screenwriter
- Beatriz Shantal, Mexican actress, singer, and model
- Beatriz Sheridan (1934–2006), Mexican actress and director
- Ana Martín (born 1947), Mexican actress born Beatriz Solorzano
- Beatriz Souza (born 1998), Brazilian judoka
- Beatriz Spelzini, Argentinian actress
- Beatriz Stix-Brunell (born 1993), American ballet dancer
- Beatriz Taibo (1932-2019), Argentine film and TV actor
- Beatriz Thibaudin (1927-2007), Argentine film, stage, and television actress
- Beatriz Trapote, Spanish media personality and reality TV contestant
- Beatriz Travalon (born 1993), breaststroke swimmer from Brazil
- Beatriz Valdés (born 1963), Cuban-Venezuelan actress
- Beatriz Vaz e Silva, commonly known as Bia Vaz (born 1985), Brazilian soccer coach and former player
- Beatríz Vílchez (born 1995), Cuban female volleyball player
- Beatriz Villacañas (born 1964), poet, essayist and literary critic
- Beatriz Williams, American author
- Dona Beatriz (1684–1706), Congolese prophet known as Kimpa Vita
- Beatriz Zaneratto João, known as Bia Zaneratto (born 1993), Brazilian professional footballer
- Beatriz Zavala (born 1957), Mexican politician
Fictional characters
[edit]- 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Beatriz -Baby names origin". Baby Names World. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
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