Message: "Beata as a nickname for Beatrice?"

[Facts] Beata as a nickname for Beatrice?

by telfalathiel

10/25/2009, 7:04 PM

I have an ancestor named Beata (sometimes appears as Beatea). She is Swedish. I was doing some research and came accross her in a record where she was listed as Beatrice. Is Beata also a nickname for Beatrice in Sweden, or is it more likely that it was a mistake in translation?

"It's the job that is never started that takes the longest to finish." - J.R.R. Tolkien

http://babynames.com/namelist/9415432

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This message was edited 10/29/2009, 11:59 AM

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- aquamarina +1

10/29/2009, 2:18 PM

How long ago did she live? I think sometimes similar names were seen as almost interchangeable. I know, for example, that in England Ann and Agnes (which was pronounced "Annis" in the old days) were often seen as the same name and someone might appear in once document as Ann, another as Annes or Annis, and another as Agnes.

- telfalathiel

10/29/2009, 6:06 PM

That's a good point. 1636-1693. I'd say she fits into that category.

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