Bellatrix
Girl · BEL-uh-triks · Latin
Bellatrix is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “female warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Bellatrix mean?
Latin: Latin word
“female warrior”
Bellatrix is the third-brightest star in Orion; it is also the name of Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter.
- Say it
- BEL-uh-triks
Is Bellatrix a girl's or a boy's name?
Bellatrix is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bellatrix in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Bellatrix, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bellatrix in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Bellatrix in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
How popular is Bellatrix in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,660among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Bellatrix, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Bellatrix in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bellatrix in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,962 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
Nicknames for Bellatrix
Names like Bellatrix
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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