First names in Hebrew

First name Beatrice: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

ביאטריס

Gematria value: 292

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Beatrice is written ביאטריס

Meaning and origin

What does Beatrice mean?

Meaning: "she who makes happy"
Origin: Latin

Beatrice comes from the Latin Beatrix, understood as "she who makes happy", from beatus, "happy" (it may first have been Viatrix, "traveler"). Dante made it immortal with Beatrice, the woman who guides him in his great poem; Shakespeare gave it to the sharp-witted heroine of Much Ado About Nothing.

Gematria

Beatrice = 292

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. ביאטריס has 7 letters:

• בthe letter Bet2
• יthe letter Yod10
• אthe letter Aleph1
• טthe letter Tet9
• רthe letter Resh200
• יthe letter Yod10
• סthe letter Samekh60
• Total292

The verse of the name

From the letter Bet to the letter Samekh

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Beatrice, from ב to ס:

בְּבִרְכַּת יְשָׁרִים תָּרוּם קָרֶת וּבְפִי רְשָׁעִים תֵּהָרֵס׃

“By the blessing of the upright a city is raised up, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.”

Proverbs 11:11

The book of your first name

Beatrice, in nine pages

• Beatrice, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Beatrice
• Beatrice, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Beatrice in three answers

How do you write Beatrice in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Beatrice is written ביאטריס.

What is the gematria value of Beatrice?
Written ביאטריס, Beatrice is worth 292: the letter Bet (2) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Tet (9) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Samekh (60).

What does Beatrice mean?
She who makes happy (origin: Latin). Beatrice comes from the Latin Beatrix, understood as "she who makes happy", from beatus, "happy" (it may first have been Viatrix, "traveler"). Dante made it immortal with Beatrice, the woman who guides him in his great poem; Shakespeare gave it to the sharp-witted heroine of Much Ado About Nothing.