William Shakespeare was widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. His extant works, including collaborations, consist of approximately 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. The world of Shakespeare is a great source for baby names, if you're a theater buff, history lover, or literature fan, consider this list of
Shakespearean baby names.
Shakespearean Girl Names
Adrian
Adriana
Albany
Alexas
Alice
Aliena
Anne
Ariel
Audrey
Beatrice
Bianca
Calpurnia
Cassandra
Celia
Ceres
Cleopatra
Cordelia
Cressida
Cymbeline
Desdemona
Diana
Dion
Dionyza
Dolabella
Dorcas
Eleanor
Elizabeth
Emilia
Gertrude
Helen
Helena
Hermia
Hermione
Imogen
Iris
Isabel
Isabella
Isidore
Jessica
Julia
Juliet
Juno
Jupiter
Katharine
Katherina
Katherine
Lavinia
Leonine
Luce
Luciana
Margaret
Margery
Maria
Mariana
Marina
Miranda
Morgan
Octavia
Olivia
Ophelia
Paulina
Phebe
Portia
Regan
Robin
Rosalind
Rosaline
Silvia
Tamora
Titania
Ursula
Valentine
Valeria
Viola
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Shakespearean Boy Names
Aaron
Abram
Achilles
Adam
Adrian
Ajax
Albany
Alexander
Alexas
Alonso
Angelo
Antonio
Aragon
Arthur
Balthasar
Barnardo
Bartholomew
Benedick
Benvolio
Berri
Bertram
Brandon
Caius
Caliban
Caesar
Camillo
Cassio
Cassius
Cato
Cesario
Charles
Cicero
Clarence
Claudio
Claudius
Corin
Cornelius
Curan
Curtis
Davy
Decius
Demetrius
Dennis
Derby
Diomedes
Donalbain
Douglas
Duncan
Edgar
Edmund
Edward
Egeon
Emmanuel
Fabian
Fenton
Ferdinand
Francis
Francisco
Frederick
George
Gonzalo
Gregory
Griffith
Hamlet
Hector
Henry
Hero
Hubert
Iago
Jamy
Jaques
John
Joseph
Justice
Laertes
Lance
Launcelot
Lennox
Leonardo
Lincoln
Lorenzo
Lucio
Lucius
Lysander
Macbeth
Malcolm
Marcellus
Mercutio
Michael
Morgan
Mortimer
Morton
Oberon
Octavius
Oliver
Orlando
Oswald
Othello
Paris
Peter
Petruchio
Philip
Philo
Prospero
Puck
Regan
Reynaldo
Richard
Robert
Robin
Roderigo
Romeo
Ross
Sebastian
Shaw
Silvius
Timon
Titinius
Toby
Tybalt
Ulysses
Usher
Valentine
Vincentio
William
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