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Beate

MeganM0710MeganM0710 member
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Working in retail I come across a few interesting names. Today this one made me look twice.

Pronounced ba-Tay-ah

Had anyone ever seen/heard of this name before??
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Re: Beate

  • strawberrytreestrawberrytree member
    It's German, I'm pretty sure. However the one I met pronounced it slightly differently to the Beate you met. 

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  • MeganM0710MeganM0710 member
    Well at least the spelling has a meaning
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  • DIY7DIY7 member
    I thought "Beata", common Polish name. 


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  • SkiHorseSkiHorse member
    edited October 2013
    The German name is pronounced bay-ah-teh or bee-ah-teh.
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  • JayJay1212JayJay1212 member
    mj.reilly said:

    I never would have thought /ba-TAY-uh/, that's for sure (How the heck did she get /TAY-uh/ from the latter part of the name? I don't see how -te could be /TAY-uh/. Hmm.). My first thoughts were /BEE-tuh/, /BEE-tee/ (like Beetee in HG), or /BEET/. 


    I have never seen or heard of Beate before. On first glance I thought it looked like a possible nn for Beatrice.

    According to Behind the Name, it is pronounced /bee-AH-tuh/. German form of Beata ("Derived from Latin beatus meaning "blessed". This was the name of a few minor saints.").
    I taught in Tanzania for a month during college and a girl from my host family was Beatrice nn Beate (Be uh tay).
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  • FakeFinnFakeFinn member
    I met a German Beate, she pronounced it Bee-ah-tuh. I don't get the Ba-tay-ah pronunciation from it at all.
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