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First name origin & meaning:

Latin: Happy

First name variations: Beatrix, Beatriz, Bea, Beah, Beattie, Beatirsa, Trixie, Beezus, Beate, Beatrice

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Scottish and northern Irish: from the personal name Beatie, a pet form of Bartholomew.
  2. Scottish and northern Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Bhiadhtaigh ‘son of the victualer’, from biadhtach ‘victualer’.

Famous people with this last name: Warren Beatty

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