Shakespeare Names
Shakespeare wrote the famous line "What is in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Old Will loved to use unique names and even created some of his own. Here are the most popular Shakespeare names categorized by work (play). If you're a Shakespeare fan, or just an avid theater-goer, you might want to consider these character names when choosing baby names for your baby. Or maybe you already did!
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- Bertram
- Diana
- Lafeu
- Lavache
- Parolles
- Rinaldo
As You Like It
- Amiens
- Audrey
- Celia
- Corin
- Frederick
- Jaques
- Phebe
- Rosalind
- Oliver
- Orlando
- Silvius
- Touchstone
Comedy of Errors
- Adriana
- Aegeon
- Aemilia
- Antipholus
- Dromio
- Luce
- Luciana
- Nell
- Solinus
Cymbeline
- Arviragus
- Belarius
- Cloten
- Cornelius
- Cymbeline
- Guiderius
- Helen
- Imogen
- Philario
- Pisanio
Hamlet
- Barnardo
- Claudius
- Cornelius
- Fortinbras
- Francisco
- Gertrude
- Hamlet
- Horatio
- Laertes
- Marcellus
- Ophelia
- Osric
- Polonius
- Reynaldo
Julius Caesar
- Portia
King Lear
- Cordelia
- Curan
- Edgar
- Edmund
- Goneril
- Oswald
- Regan
Love's Labour's Lost
- Adriano
- Boyet
- Costard
- Dull
- Ferdinand
- Holofernes
- Jaquenetta
- Maria
- Mercade
- Moth
- Rosaline
Macbeth
- Angus
- Banquo
- Donalbain
- Duncan
- Hecate
- Fleance
- Lennox
- Malcolm
- Ross
- Seton
- Siward
Measure for Measure
- Barnardine
- Elbow
- Escalus
- Francisca
- Froth
- Isabella
- Juliet
- Lucio
- Pompey
- Varrius
- Vincentio
Merchant of Venice
- Bassanio
- Gratiano
- Jessica
- Lancelot
- Leonardo
- Lorenzo
- Nerissa
- Portia
- Salerio
- Solanio
- Stephano
- Tubal
Merry Wives of Windsor
- Bardolph
- Fenton
- Nym
- Pistol
- Robin
- Simple
Midsummer-Night's Dream
- Demetrius
- Egeus
- Hermia
- Hippolyta
- Lysander
- Oberon
- Philostrate
- Snug
- Theseus
- Titania
Much Ado About Nothing
- Beatrice
- Benedick
- Dogberry
- Hero (female)
- Leonato
- Margaret
- Ursula
- Verges
Othello
- Bianca
- Brabantio
- Cassio
- Desdemona
- Emilia
- Iago
- Lodovico
- Montano
- Othello
- Roderigo
Romeo & Juliet
- Abraham
- Benvolio
- Escalus
- Gregory
- Juliet
- Mercutio
- Paris
- Romeo
- Sampson
- Tybalt
Taming of the Shrew
- Baptista
- Bianca
- Biondello
- Christopher
- Curtis
- Gremio
- Hortensio
- Katharina
- Lucentio
- Nathaniel
- Petruchio
- Philip
- Tranio
- Vencentio
The Tempest
- Adrian
- Alonso
- Ariel
- Caliban
- Ceres
- Ferdinand
- Francisco
- Gonzalo
- Iris
- Juno
- Miranda
- Prospero
- Sebastian
- Stephano
- Trinculo
Timon of Athens
- Caphis
- Flavius
- Hortensius
- Lucilius
- Phrynia
- Timandra
- Timon
Titus Andronicus
- Lavinia
Twelfth Night
- Curio
- Fabian
- Feste
- Malvolio
- Maria
- Olivia
- Orsino
- Sebastian
- Toby
- Valentine
- Viola
Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Eglamour
- Julia
- Launce
- Lucetta
- Panthino
- Proteus
- Silvia
- Speed
- Thurio
- Valentine
Winter's Tale
- Antigonus
- Camillo
- Cleomenes
- Dion
- Dorcas
- Emilia
- Florizel
- Hermione
- Leontes
- Mamillius
- Mopsa
- Paulina
- Perdita
- Polixenes
(Several Plays)
- Angelo
- Antonio
- Balthazar
- Claudio
- Helena
- Katharine
- Mariana
- Peter
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Baby Names Tip: If you're expecting multiples, try not to make the names too matchy-matchy. After all, they're going to have to share their appearance, birthdays, clothes, and many other things! They shouldn't have to share their names, too.