The pitfalls of choosing
Shakespearean Names
Remember that you are taking full responsibility for creating an important factor in your baby's identity. Selecting a name from the category of
'Shakespearean names' runs the risk of
forever being associated with a Shakespearean character for
life. The Shakespearean name that you choose must also be suitable throughout all of life phases ( "A Name isn't just for a birthday - it's for life!"). Consider the phases and our life cycle starting with baby - toddler - school child - teenager - young adults - parents - middle age - retirement and old age. Will the
Shakespearean name that you have chosen suit a pensioner as well as a baby? Will the schoolchild be teased
mercilessly? And what will your baby think of your choice?
Brush
up your Shakespeare!
"Whats in a name"
is
one of the best known quotes by Shakespeare but many more
surprising quotes by Shakespeare, which are used every day, can
be found on what we consider to be the most comprehensive
website on the famous bard at www.william-shakespeare.info.
Our thanks go to this site for providing the Shakespearean girl
names that we have included on www.babynames.org.uk. This Shakespearean site also includes
the full script and summary of each play, poems and sonnets and
of course the characters where many unusual names originate. The site also includes the full script and summary of each play,
his poems and sonnets and of course the characters where many
unusual names originate. So if you want to check out the play
and the character of the Shakespearean name of your choice then
this will provide you with all conceivable information. The
place to go to "Brush up your Shakespeare!"( a song
from the Cole Porter musical 'Kiss me Kate' a musical spoof on
the Shakespeare play, Taming of the Shrew)
The
variety of Shakespearean names!
Once you are aware of any possible
pitfalls associated with Shakespearean names
then Shakespeare offers a fine array of names to choose from.
Some Shakespearean names are truly beautiful as you will see
from the list.
The choice is yours!
We hope that we have provided you a balanced view of the pleasure and the pitfalls of
choosing Shakespearean Names. To assist you further we have developed a Name Evaluator - an essential aid when considering
Shakespearean Baby Names.
Shakespearean
Names
(Female
Shakespearean names follow below)
|
Male
Shakespearean Names |
Aaron
a name from the Shakespearean play Titus Andronicus
Abraham
from Romeo & Juliet
Adam
from As You Like It
Adrian
from The Tempest
Adriano
from Love's Labour's Lost
Aegeon
from Comedy of Errors
Alonso
from The Tempest
Amiens
from As You Like It
Angus
from Macbeth
Antigonus
from Winter's Tale
Antipholus
from Comedy of Errors
Antonio
from The Tempest
Ariel
from The Tempest
Arthur
from
the
Shakespearean play King John
Arviragus
from Cymbeline
Balthazar
from Romeo and Juliet
Bardolph
from Merry Wives of Windsor
Barnardine
from Measure for Measure
Barnardo
from Hamlet
Bassanio
from Merchant of Venice
Belarius
from Cymbeline
Benedick
from Much Ado About Nothing
Benvolio
from Romeo & Juliet
Bertram
from All's Well that Ends Well
Biondello
from
the
Shakespearean play Taming of the Shrew
Boyet
from Love's Labour's Lost
Brabantio
from Othello
Caliban
from The Tempest
Caphis
from Timon of Athens
Cassio
from Othello
Charles
from As You Like It
Christopher
from Taming of the Shrew
Claudio
from Much Ado About Nothing
Claudius
from Hamlet
Cleomenes
from Winter's Tale
Cloten
from
the
Shakespearean play Cymbeline
Cornelius
a Shakespearean baby boy name from several plays
Costard
from Love's Labour's Lost
Curan
from King Lear
Curio
from Twelfth Night
Curtis
from Taming of the Shrew
Cymbeline
from Cymbeline
Demetrius
from Antony and Cleopatra
Dennis
from As You Like It
Dion
from The Winter's Tale
Dogberry
from Much Ado About Nothing
Donalbain
from Macbeth
Dromio
from Comedy of Errors
Dull
from Love's Labour's Lost
Duncan
from Macbeth
Edgar
from King Lear
Edmund
from King Lear
Egeus
from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Eglamour
from Two Gentlemen of Verona
Elbow
from Measure for Measure
Escalus
froms Measure for Measure, Romeo & Juliet
Fabian
from Twelfth Night
Fenton
from Merry Wives of Windsor
Ferdinand
a Shakespearean baby boy name from several plays
Feste
from
the
Shakespearean play Twelfth Night
Flavius
from Timon of Athens
Fleance
from Macbeth
Florizel
from Winter's Tale
Fortinbras
from Hamlet
Francisco
froms Hamlet, The Tempest
Frederick
from As You Like It
Froth
from Measure for Measure
Goneril
from King Lear
Gonzalo
from The Tempest
Gratiano
from Merchant of Venice
Gregory
from Romeo & Juliet
Gremio
from Taming of the Shrew
Guiderius
from Cymbeline
Hamlet
from Hamlet
Hero
from Much Ado About Nothing
Holofernes
from Love's Labour's Lost
Horatio
from Hamlet
Hortensio
from Taming of the Shrew
Hortensius
from Timon of Athens
Hugh
from The Merry Wives of Windsor
Iago
from Othello
Jaques
from As You Like It
Laertes
from Hamlet
Lancelot
from Merchant of Venice
Launce
from Two Gentlemen of Verona
Lennox
from Macbeth
Leonardo
from Merchant of Venice
Leonato
from Much Ado About Nothing
Leontes
from Winter's Tale
Lodovico
from Othello
Lorenzo
from Merchant of Venice
Lucentio
from Taming of the Shrew
Lucilius
from Timon of Athens
Lucio
from Measure for Measure
Lysander
from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Malcolm
from Macbeth
Malvolio
from Twelfth Night
Mamillius
from Winter's Tale
Marcellus
from Hamlet
Marcus
from
the
Shakespearean play Titus Andronicus
Mercutio
from Romeo & Juliet
Michael
from Henry V
Montano
from Othello
Moth
from Love's Labour's Lost
Nathaniel
from Taming of the Shrew
Nym
from Merry Wives of Windsor
Oberon
from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Oliver
from As You Like It
Orlando
from As You Like It
Orsino
from Twelfth Night
Osric
from Hamlet
Oswald
from King Lear
Othello
from Othello
Panthino
from Two Gentlemen of Verona
Paris
from Romeo & Juliet
Parolles
from All's Well that Ends Well
Peter
froms Henry VI, King John, Romeo and Juliet
Petruchio
from Taming of the Shrew
Philip
from Taming of the Shrew
Philostrate
from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Pisanio
from Cymbeline
Pistol
from Merry Wives of Windsor
Polixenes
from Winter's Tale
Polonius
from Hamlet
Pompey
from Measure for Measure
Prospero
from The Tempest
Proteus
from Two Gentlemen of Verona
Reynaldo
from
the
Shakespearean play Hamlet
Rinaldo
from All's Well that Ends Well
Robin
from Merry Wives of Windsor
Roderigo
from Othello
Romeo
from Romeo & Juliet
Ross
from Macbeth
Salerio
from Merchant of Venice
Sampson
from Romeo & Juliet
Sebastian
froms The Tempest, Twelfth Night
Seyton
from Macbeth
Silvius
from As You Like It
Simple
from Merry Wives of Windsor
Siward
from Macbeth
Snug
from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Salanio
from Merchant of Venice
Solinus
from Comedy of Errors
Speed
from Two Gentlemen of Verona
Stephano
froms Merchant of Venice, The Tempest
Theseus
from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Thomas
a Shakespearean baby boy name from several plays
Thurio
from Two Gentlemen of Verona
Timon
from Timon of Athens
Toby
from Twelfth Night
Tranio
from Taming of the Shrew
Trinculo
from The Tempest
Tubal
from Merchant of Venice
Tybalt
from Romeo & Juliet
Valentine
from
the
Shakespearean play Twelfth Night
Vencentio
from Taming of the Shrew
Verges
from Much Ado About Nothing
Vincentio
from Measure for Measure |
|
Female
Shakespearean Names |
Adriana
from Comedy of Errors
Aemilia
from Comedy of Errors
Alice
from Henry V
Anne
from Richard III
Audrey
from As You Like It
Baptista
from Taming of the Shrew
Beatrice
from Much Ado About Nothing
Bianca
from Othello, Taming of the Shrew
Celia
from As You Like It
Constance
from King John
Cordelia
from
the
Shakespearean play King Lear
Desdemona
from Othello
Diana
from All's Well that Ends Well
Dorcas
from Winter's Tale
Emilia
from Othello, Winter's Tale
Francisca
from Measure for Measure
Gertrude
from Hamlet
Hecate
from Macbeth
Helen
from Cymbeline
Helena
a Shakespearean baby girl name from from several plays
Hermia
from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hermione
from Winter's Tale
Hippolyta
from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Imogen
from Cymbeline
Iris
from The Tempest
Isabella
from
the
Shakespearean play Measure for Measure
Jaquenetta
from Love's Labour's Lost
Jessica
from Merchant of Venice
Julia
from Two Gentlemen of Verona
Juliet
from Romeo & Juliet
Katharina
from Taming of the Shrew
Katharine
from Love's Labour's Lost
Lavinia
from Titus Andronicus
Lucetta
from Two Gentlemen of Verona
Luciana
from Comedy of Errors
Margaret
from Much Ado About Nothing
Maria
from Love's Labour's Lost
Mariana
a Shakespearean baby girl name from several plays
Miranda
from The Tempest
Nerissa
from Merchant of Venice
Ophelia
from Hamlet
Paulina
from
the
Shakespearean play Winter's Tale
Perdita
from Winter's Tale
Phoebe
from As You Like It
Portia
from Merchant of Venice
Regan
from King Lear
Rosalind
from As You Like It
Rosaline
from Love's Labour's Lost
Silvia
from Two Gentlemen of Verona
Titania
from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ursula
from Much Ado About Nothing
Valentine
from
the
Shakespearean play Twelfth Night
Viola
from Twelfth Night |
