Beatrice: meaning and UK use

What does Beatrice mean?

Beatrice is an Italian form of Beatrix and is also used in English. Bea and Bee are recorded short forms; this entry does not reduce the family history to one English slogan.

Language or name family covered

Italian form of Beatrix

Meaning or derivation

A form of Beatrix

Our browsing group

girl; classic, vintage

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Sources for this entry — reviewed 2026-10-07:

• Behind the Name — Beatrice

Pronunciation and related forms

BEE-uh-triss (English)

English respellings are approximate; IPA is labelled where used. Follow the pronunciation a person or family chooses, and check it with a speaker of the intended language if that connection matters to you.

Related forms recorded in the reference: Beatrix, Bea, Bee. These may be full forms, diminutives or forms in another language; they are not necessarily pronounced alike or counted together in statistics.

How popular is Beatrice?

In 2025, 401 baby girls in England and Wales were registered as Beatrice, making it the 121st most popular girls’ name. That is down 7 places on 2024, when it ranked 114th. It has slipped from 93rd in 2015, 28 places in ten years. Its best year in the ONS series was 2016, at 80th. These figures cover England and Wales, not the whole UK.

2025 rank (girls)

121st

2025 registrations

401

Best rank in this series

80th (2016)

Every year from 1996 to 2025

Beatrice: rank and number of baby girls by year (ONS)

Year	Rank	Babies
2025	121	401
2024	114	425
2023	121	409
2022	104	484
2021	99	515
2020	109	467
2019	90	595
2018	84	629
2017	84	628
2016	80	685
2015	93	601
2014	91	610
2013	95	583
2012	114	503
2011	126	460
2010	116	492
2009	129	419
2008	132	404
2007	133	418
2006	163	326
2005	185	272
2004	224	203
2003	249	175
2002	258	153
2001	271	143
2000	277	139
1999	270	139
1998	237	173
1997	271	139
1996	304	117

The sum of published counts in this 1996–2025 girls series is 11,707. This is a lower bound where years are suppressed, not the number of living people with the name. A best rank is the best position within this series; it does not establish an all-time record.

Sources: ONS release, 2025; girls' dataset; boys' dataset. Our 20 top-ten positions were checked against Table 1 in the 2025 workbooks. The history chart and spelling comparisons come from the separate ONS 1996–2025 workbook, checked 7 October 2026. Spelling variants are separate entries. Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate statistics.

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Names to compare with Beatrice

These suggestions share a browsing group and one or more of our style tags or source-context labels. They are taste comparisons, not etymological relatives or a popularity ranking.

• Claravintage, classic · Clear, bright or famous
• Evelynvintage, classic · From the given name Aveline
• Florencevintage, classic · Prosperous or flourishing
• Matildavintage, classic · Strength in battle
• Penelopevintage, classic · Meaning uncertain
• Phoebeclassic, vintage · Bright or pure

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