The name of a 4th C Roman martyr, a 12th C queen consort of Sicily, a 13th C queen consort of Sicily, a 13th C queen of the Romans, a 13th C Italian saint, a 13th C queen of Hungary, a 13th C Holy Roman empress, a 13th C queen consort of Portugal, a 14th C queen of Portugal, a 14th C queen of Bohemia, a 14th C queen of Germany, a 14th C queen consort of Hungary, a 14th C queen of Sweden, a 15th C Portuguese saint, and a 15th C queen of Hungary and Bohemia.
The English diminutives Bet and Beton are witnessed in 1379 in the relational bynames Betsoñ (WRYPT1 p. 159) and Betonsoñ (WRYPT1 p. 18).
- Belgium
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- Middle Dutch
- ● 1336 Beatrisen (dat) RSG1336-39 p. 16
- Brabant
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- Latin
- ● 1312 Beatricis (gen) JeanIII p. 26,
Beatrix (nom) ibid. p. 21
- Czech Republic
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- Latin
- ● 1349 Beatrici (dat) chlumecky 33
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1189 Beatrix (nom) GASurv p. 237;
1222 Beatricis (nom) StPaulDom p. 53,
Beatrix (nom) ibid. p. 16,
bratricis (gen) ibid. p. 71;
1279–80 Beatrix (nom) WaHR-SK p. 43;
1300 Beatrix (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 240;
1340xc1450 Beatricia (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 6,
Beatrix (nom) ibid. p. 20;
1377 Beatrix (nom) FenPT-2 p. 6;
1379 Beatrix (nom) WRYPT1 p. 2,
Betrix (nom) ibid. p. 8;
1381 Beatrice (abl) Suffolk1381 p. 93,
Beatrix (nom) FenPT-2 p. 6,
Suffolk1381 p. 69;
1431 Beatrici (dat) WillsInv LVI
- Dutch
- ● 1575 Beatrix AuFr Verstriep
- Middle English
- ● 1395 Beatrice EEW p. 6;
1411 Beatrice ibid. p. 19;
1424–25 Beatrice ibid. p. 58;
1454 Bartrice ibid. p. 133
- Early Modern English
- ● 1530 Beatrice LIWill-III p. 56,
Beatrix ibid. p. 27,
Beteres ibid. p. 45,
Betterys ibid. p. 8;
1533 betress WillsInv LXXXIII;
1541 Beatrixe StNick-Sf p. 1;
1546 Beatrice ExMar p. 1;
1551 Betteresse RegIng p. 3;
1555/6 Betteresse ibid. p. 4;
1556/57 Bettresse PRThirsk p. 2;
1559 Beatryx BarnstapleBap;
1563 Betteris StAnthonlin p. 16;
1564 Betteris BUmar-vol2 p. 116;
1568 Betriche RegBeb p. 9;
1570/1 Bettris RegPat p. 100;
1572/3 Bettris ibid. p. 101;
1572 Bettriss ibid. p. 1;
1573 Bettris ibid. p. 1;
1574 Bettris ibid. p. 102;
1580 Bettris RegSoAMar p. 9;
1581 Bettres COmar-vol5 p. 6;
1583 Beatrice SurMus p. 183,
Bettris RegPat p. 104;
1587 Bettris ibid. p. 107;
1588 Bettris ibid. p. 107;
1592 Betteresse BEmar-vol2 p. 131;
1593 Bettric RegPat p. 40,
Bettris ibid. p. 4;
1594 Bettris ibid. p. 4;
1595 Bettris ibid. p. 112;
1598/9 Bettric ibid. p. 114
- ◑ 1541 Beten BarnstapleBap p. 2;
1580 Beaton COmar-vol2 p. 101;
1581 Beaton DEmar-vol2 p. 6
- France
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- Latin
- ● 11thC Beatrix (nom) StVdM-II 711;
1083 Biatris (nom) St-Barnard-Romans 127;
1094 Beatrix (nom) StVdM-II 686;
1147 Beatrix (nom) clairvaux-12thc 14;
1179 Beatrice (abl) ibid. 177,
Beatricis (gen) ibid. 169;
1201 Beatrix (nom) CartNDdOurscamp LXI;
1301 Beatricis (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 259,
Beatrix (nom) ibid. p. 210;
1310–11 Beatrisis (gen) GasReg-A p. 236
- Old French
- ● 1290 Beatris (obl) HistHdVParis p. 106;
1296 Bietrix paris1296 p. 54;
1297 Byatris (obl) HistHdVParis p. 135;
1301 Beatris (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 234,
Beetris (obl) ibid. p. 289;
1303 Biautris (obl) ArchReimsII1 XL;
1313 Biatriz Paris1313 p. 107,
Biautrix ibid. p. 89,
Bietriz ibid. p. 36,
Bieutriz ibid. p. 135
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 1025 Beatrici (gen) UrkStyria 44;
1249 Beatricis (gen) hennes-vol1 131;
1277 Beatrix (nom) ibid. 254;
1288 Beatricis (gen) ibid. 311;
1292 Beatricis (gen) UrkMeck1 no. XC
- Middle High German
- ● 1282 Beatrise (dat) hennes-vol1 284
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1265x1339 Beatrix (nom) BBC-Berg 91,
Biatrix (nom) ibid. 355,
Bietrix (nom) ibid. 5;
1310 Beatrix (nom) MonRav-2 CCCL;
1521 Beatrix (nom) VitAs2 III;
1522x1532 Beatrix (nom) DSF p. 52, 34;
1543 Beatricem (acc) PNC 8,
Beatrici (gen) ibid. 8
- ◑ 1310 Biatrixina (nom) MonRav-2 CCCL
- Italian
- ● 1513x1521 Beatrice LeoX p. 21
- Portugal
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- Latin
- ● 1269 Beatricem (acc) PHGCRP-I no. 11
- Scotland
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- Latin
- ● 1425 Beatrici (dat) RMSRS-2 40;
1426/7 Beatrice (gen) ibid. 72
- Spain
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- Latin
- ● 1074 Beatrice (abl) CDSS II;
1488 Beatrix (nom) carbonell-I p. 18;
1489 Beatrix (nom) ibid. p. 36;
1490 Beatrix (nom) ibid. p. 39;
1491 Beatrix (nom) ibid. p. 60;
1492 Beatrix (nom) ibid. p. 66
- Catalan
- ● 1510 Beatriu valencia1510 3160,
Beatriç ibid. 3971
- Spanish
- ● 1333 Beatris deMoxo,
Featris ibid.;
1575 Beatriz Catalogo-5.2 3794;
1576 Beatriz ibid. 3894
- Switzerland
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- Latin
- ● 14thCx1478 Beatrisia (nom) Ob-SPVn (37),
Beatrix (nom) ibid. (41)
Cite as: A. Brown, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Beatrice". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Beatrice.