# Beatrice

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbiː(ə)tɹɪs/ · frequency rank #16,849

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Latin.
2. A city, the county seat of Gage County, Nebraska, United States.

## Etymology
Either 1) from the Latin Beatrix, name of early Christian saints, from beatrix (“she who makes happy”), or 2) from beata, influenced by viatrix (“female wayfarer, traveller”).

## Easily confused with
- **Beatrix** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beatrice-vs-beatrix)

## Common misspellings (11)
`baetrice`, `bbeatrice`, `beartice`, `beatirce`, `beatrcie`, `beatricce`, `beatriec`, `beatrrice`, `beattrice`, `betarice`, `ebatrice`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/beatrice