Our Shakespearean top 10 names

Hundreds of characters appear in the plays of William Shakespeare. This is a rich source of names that can be used as baby names today. Babynames have studied these character's names and chosen our top 10 of the girl names and a top 10 of the boy names.

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Shakespearean Top 10 girl names

1. Portia - The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar
   
2. Isidore - Timon of Athens
   
3. Viola - Twelfth Night
   
4. Regan – Daughter in King Lear
   
5. Aemelia – An abbess in The Comedy of Errors
   
6. Luciana - The Comedy of Errors
   
7. Blanche - King John
   
8. Francisca – Nun in Measure for Measure
   
9. Dion - Courtier to Leontes The Winter's Tale
10. Imogen - Cymbeline
    

Shakespearean Top 10 boy names

1. Willoughby – Supporter of Bolingbroke in Richard II
   
2. Gower - English captain in Henry V
   
3. Derby - Richard III
   
4. Lance - The Two Gentlemen of Verona
   
5. Lincoln - Henry VIII
   
6. Travers - Messenger to the Earl of Northumberland in Henry IV 2
   
7. Fenton – The Merry Wives of Windsor
   
8. Woodville - Lieutenant of the Tower of London in Henry VI 1
   
9. Cadwal – Second son of the king in Cymbeline
   
10. Orlando - As You Like It
    

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