Bea is a feminine given name, often short for Beatrice, Beatrix or Beatriz. Notable people with the name include:Bea Alonzo, Filipina actress and singer Bea Arthur (1922–2009), American actress Bea Ballard, British television producer Bea Barrett (1916–2002), American amateur golfer Beabadoobee, Filipino-British singer Bea Benaderet (1906–1968), American actress Bea Bielik, American tennis player Bea Binene, Filipina actress and singer Bea Booze (1912–1986), American R&B and jazz singer Bea Chester, American baseball player Bea Feitler (1938–1982), Brazilian-born art director Bea Firth (1946–2008), Canadian politician Bea Gaddy (1933–2001), American humanitarian Béa Gonzalez, Spanish-Canadian novelist Bea Gorton (1946–2020), American college basketball coach Gertrude Himmelfarb (1922–2019), also known as Bea Kristol, American historian Beatrice Lillie (1894–1989), Canadian actress Beatrice "Bea" Gomez, Filipina beauty queen and model Bea Maddock (1934–2016), Australian artist Bea Mettler, Swiss footballer Bea Miles (1902–1973), Australian eccentric Bea Miller, American singer Bea Nettles, art photographer and author Bea Nicolas, Filipina actress Bea Palya, Hungarian folk singer Bea Santiago, Filipina actress and beauty queen of Miss Earth 2017 Bea Saw, Filipina actress Marie Beatrice Schol-Schwarz (1898–1969), also known as Bea Schwartz, Dutch phytopathologist Bea Segura, Spanish actress Bea Wain (1917–2017), American singer Bea Wyler, Swiss-German rabbi