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Beate - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Beate

[ syll. bea-te, be-ate ] The girl name Beate is pronounced BIY-T- KEY. Beate's language of origin is Latin. It is predominantly used in German and Spanish. From the word beatus which is of the meaning 'blessed'. The name was borne by Saint Beata, an early North African martyr. It is derived from the same Latin root word as the Catholic concept of beatification, and was thus popular in medieval Europe. It was first adopted by English speakers in the 19th century. Beate is the feminine form of the German Beat. A form of the name is the German and Spanish Beata.

In addition, Beate is a form of the English, French, German, and Italian Beatrix in the Spanish language.

Beate is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Beate include the Hebrew Bat, the English Bet, the English Beth, the English Bett, the English Bit, the Twi Botwe, the French, English, and German Babette, the Hebrew Batya, the Hebrew Batyah, the Czech Beta, the English Bethie, the English Bethy, the name Beti, the English and Italian Betta, the English Bette, the Estonian, German, and Russian Betti, the English Bettie, the English Betty, the English Bettye, and the Czech Béda.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Beate: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"


 
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