Beatrice comes from the Latin Beatrix and means "she who brings happiness" or "blessed", from beatus, happy. Dante made it immortal as the name of his beloved and guide in the Divine Comedy, and Shakespeare gave it to the sharp-tongued heroine of Much Ado About Nothing. Beatrice re-entered the US top 1000 in 2006, has held steady in the 500s for a decade and reached number 508 in 2025, its best rank in this century.