Beat (pronounced "Bey-ah-t") is a

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male given name, derived from the

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power ...

name Beatus, which means "blessed".''Behind the Name''
"Given Name Beat"
Retrieved on 10 January 2016. The name is common in

German-speaking Switzerland The German-speaking part of Switzerland (german: Deutschschweiz, french: Suisse alémanique, it, Svizzera tedesca, rm, Svizra tudestga) comprises about 65 percent of Switzerland (North Western Switzerland, Eastern Switzerland, Central Switze ...

because of St

Beatus of Lungern Beatus of Lungern, known also by the honorific Apostle of Switzerland or as Beatus of Beatenberg or Beatus of Thun, was probably a legendary monk and hermit of early Christianity, and is revered as a saint. Though his legend states that he died i ...

, considered a

patron saint A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholic Church, Catholicism, Anglicanism, or Eastern Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocacy, advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, ...

. The female variant is Beate. The name Beat may refer to: *

Beat Bosch Beat, beats or beating may refer to: Common uses * Patrol, or beat, a group of personnel assigned to monitor a specific area ** Beat (police), the territory that a police officer patrols ** Gay beat, an area frequented by gay men * Battery ...

(born 1971), Swiss athlete *

Beat Breu Beat Breu (born 23 October 1957, in St. Gallen) is a Swiss former road bicycle racer. In 1982 Tour de France he won the prestigious stage on Alpe d'Huez, as well as another mountain stage finishing in Saint-Lary-Soulan, and finished sixth overal ...

(born 1957), Swiss cyclist *

Beat Fehr Claude Beat Fehr (21 June 1943 – 18 June 1967) was a racing driver from Switzerland, born in Zurich. He started racing in 1963, and raced several marques, including Alfa Romeo, Cooper, and De Tomaso, before buying a Brabham from fellow drive ...

(1943–1967), Swiss racing driver *

Beat Feuz Beat Feuz (; born 11 February 1987) is a Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the speed events of downhill and super-G. He is 2017 World champion and 2022 Olympic champion in downhill. In 2021, he won consecutive downhills on the f ...

(born 1987), Swiss alpine skier *

Beat Forster Beat Forster (born February 2, 1983) is a Swiss professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for EHC Biel in the National League (NL). Playing career On February 17, 2015, Forster was re-signed to a four-year contract extension by HC ...

(born 1983), Swiss ice hockey player *

Beat Furrer Beat Furrer (born 6 December 1954) is a Swiss-born Austrian composer and conductor. He has served as professor of composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz since 1991. He was awarded the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2018 ...

(born 1954), Austrian composer *

Beat Gähwiler Beat Gähwiler (born January 26, 1965) is a retired decathlete from Switzerland, who finished in twelfth place (8114 points) at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He also competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, endi ...

(born 1965), Swiss athlete * Beat Gerber (born 1982), Swiss ice hockey player *

Beat Hefti Beat Hefti (born 3 February 1978) is a Swiss bobsledder who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he has won a total of four Olympic medals. A gold medal in Sochi ( two-man, 2014), two bronze medals in Torino ...

(born 1978), Swiss bobsledder * Beat W. Hess (born 1949), Swiss businessman * Beat Koch (born 1972), Swiss cross country skier *

Beat Mändli Beat Mändli (born 1 October 1969) is a Swiss equestrian and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in show jumping at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most popu ...

(born 1969), Swiss equestrian * Beat Müller (born 1978), Swiss sport shooter * Beat Raaflaub (born 1946), Swiss conductor * Beat Richner (born 1947), Swiss doctor * Beat Rüedi (1920–2009), Swiss ice hockey player * Beat Schwerzmann (born 1966), Swiss rower * Beat Seitz (born 1973), Swiss bobsledder * Beat Streuli (born 1957), Swiss artist *

Beat Sutter Beat Sutter (born 12 December 1962 in Gelterkinden) is a Swiss former football striker who played throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Sutter began his career with FC Basel in 1981 and went on to play 114 matches for the club before he left to jo ...

(born 1962), Swiss football player * Beat Wyss (born 1947), Swiss art historian * Beat Zberg (born 1971), Swiss cyclist *Beat/Doctor Beat, a fictional character in the Gloria Estefan song

Dr. Beat "Dr. Beat" is the first international single released by the American band Miami Sound Machine, led by Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan, on their first English language, but eighth overall, studio album, '' Eyes of Innocence'' (1984). The s ...

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