{{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Template:Infobox given name Beatrix is a Latin feminine given name, most likely derived from Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator which meant "voyager, traveller" and later influenced in spelling by association with the Latin word beatus or "blessed".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is pronounced Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell in British English<ref name=oxford>Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary</ref><ref name=hjs>http://howjsay.com/pronunciation-of-beatrix-potter# Template:Webarchive Howjsay.com</ref> and the same<ref name=lpd>Longman Pronunciation Dictionary</ref> or Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell in North American English.<ref>Collins Dictionary</ref><ref name=usoxford>Oxford Online Dictionaries</ref> Another North American English pronunciation however approximates that of most other languages: Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell, as shown by US dictionary entries for the former queen of the Netherlands.<ref name=ahd>American Heritage Dictionary</ref><ref name=mw>Merriam-Webster Dictionary</ref><ref name=rh>Random House Dictionary</ref>

Common forms of this name include Beatrice in English and Italian,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Béatrice in French, Beatriz in Spanish and Portuguese,<ref>Behindthename.com</ref> Beate in German, and Beata in Polish and Swedish. Common short forms are Bea and Trixie. See Beatrice for other derivatives.

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