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 |
