Beate

This article is about the feminine given name. For the asteroid of the same name see (1043) Beate , for the film by Carl Boese (1948) see Beate (film) .

Beate is a female given name and rarely a family name. In Latin , beatus means “blessed”, “happy”. Beate translates as "the blessed / blessed", "the lucky one".

name day

The name day is April 8th . Before the reform of the calendar of saints by the second Vatican Council in 1962 it was on March 8th . The current date goes back to the day of death of Beate (Beata) von Ribnitz , daughter of Duke Heinrich II of Mecklenburg . Beate was considered exceptionally peaceful and loving. From 1350 until her death on April 8, 1399 she was abbess in the Holy Cross Monastery of the Poor Clares in Ribnitz in Mecklenburg.

Well-known namesake

• Beate Bartel (* 1957), German musician
• Beate Baumann (* 1963), office manager of CDU politician Angela Merkel
• Beate Finckh (* 1960), German actress
• Beate Habetz (* 1961), German racing cyclist
• Beate Hasenau (1936–2003), German film actress, cabaret artist and voice actress
• Beate Klarsfeld (* 1939), German-French journalist, activist investigating Nazi crimes
• Beate Koch (* 1967), German athlete
• Beate Läsch-Weber (* 1957), German politician (CDU)
• Beate Merk (* 1957), German politician
• Beate Morgenstern (* 1946), German writer
• Beate Peters (* 1959), German athlete (javelin thrower)
• Beata Szydło (* 1963), Polish politician
• Beate Uhse (1919–2001), German pilot and entrepreneur

• Beate Wendt (* 1971), German soccer player
• Beata Zawadzka (* 1986), Polish chess player
• Beate Zschäpe (* 1975), German right-wing extremist

family name

• Friedhelm Beate (1936–1999), German pensioner

variants

• Bea
• Beade
• Beata
• male: Beat (mainly in Switzerland)