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Bea (female)

Diminutive for:Beatrice (F)
Pet Name for:Beatrix (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

English pet name for Beatrix and Beatrice, from Latin "bringer of joy".  Also used as a nickname for manyfemale names beginning B- or Be-.
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