SHAKESPEAREAN THEMED BABY NAMES

Baby names inspired by the writings of the English poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare.

Shakespearean themed girl baby names

1. Adriana - The Comedy of Errors
2. Aemelia – An abbess in The Comedy of Errors
3. Albany - King Lear
4. Alexas – Follower of Cleopatra, in Antony and Cleopatra
5. Alice - Henry V
6. Aliena - As You Like It
7. Anne - Henry VIII, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III
8. Ariel - The Tempest
9. Audrey - As You Like It
10. Beatrice - Much Ado About Nothing
11. Blanche - King John
12. Bianca - The Taming of the Shrew, Othello
13. Calpurnia - Julius Caesar
14. Cassandra - Prophetess in Troilus and Cressida
15. Celia - Daughter to Duke Frederick in As You Like It
16. Ceres - The Tempest
17. Cleopatra - Antony and Cleopatra
18. Cordelia - King Lear
19. Cressida - Troilus and Cressida
20. Cymbeline - Cymbeline
21. Desdemona - Othello
22. Diana - All's Well That Ends Well
23. Dion - Courtier to Leontes The Winter's Tale
24. Dionyza - Pericles
25. Dolabella - Antony and Cleopatra
26. Dorcas - The Winter's Tale
27. Eleanor - King John
28. Elizabeth - Henry VIII, 3 Henry VI/Richard III
29. Emilia - The Comedy of Errors, The Winter's Tale, Othello, The Two Noble Kinsmen
30. Francisca – Nun in Measure for Measure
31. Gertrude - Hamlet
32. Helen - Troilus and Cressida, All's Well That Ends Well
33. Helena - A Midsummer Night's Dream
34. Hermia - A Midsummer Night's Dream
35. Hermione - The Winter's Tale
36. Imogen - Cymbeline
37. Iris - The Tempest
38. Isabel - Richard II, Henry V
39. Isabella - Measure for Measure
40. Isidore - Timon of Athens
41. Jessica - The Merchant of Venice
42. Julia - The Two Gentlemen of Verona
43. Juliet - Romeo and Juliet, Measure for Measure
44. Juno - The Tempest
45. Jupiter - Cymbeline
46. Katharine - Love's Labour's Lost, Henry V
47. Katherina - The Taming of the Shrew
48. Katherine - Henry VIII
49. Lavinia – Daughter of Titus in Titus Andronicus
50. Leonine - Pericles
51. Luce - The Comedy of Errors
52. Luciana - The Comedy of Errors
53. Margaret -  1/2/3 Henry VI/Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing
54. Margery - 2 Henry VI
55. Maria - Love's Labour's Lost, Twelfth Night
56. Mariana - All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure
57. Marina - Pericles
58. Miranda - The Tempest
59. Morgan - Cymbeline
60. Nell - The Comedy of Errors
61. Octavia - Antony and Cleopatra
62. Olivia - Twelfth Night
63. Ophelia - Hamlet
64. Paulina - The Winter's Tale
65. Phebe – Sheperdess in As You Like It
66. Portia - The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar
67. Regan – Daughter in King Lear
68. Robin - A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor
69. Rosalind - As You Like It
70. Rosaline - Love's Labour's Lost
71. Silvia - The Two Gentlemen of Verona
72. Tamora - Evil queen of the Goths who marries Saturninus in Titus Andronicus
73. Titania - A Midsummer Night's Dream
74. Ursula - Much Ado About Nothing
75. Valentine - Titus Andronicus, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night
76. Valeria – Friend of Volumnia or Virgilia in Coriolanus
77. Viola - Twelfth Night

Shakespearean themed boy baby names

1. Aaron – Evil moorish character in Titus Andronicus
2. Adrian - Coriolanus, The Tempest
3. Abhorson – Executioner in Measure for Measure
4. Abraham - Montague servant in Romeo and Juliet. Sometimes spelled "Abram"
5. Achilles - Troilus and Cressida
6. Adam - As You Like It
7. Adrian - Coriolanus, The Tempest
8. Aemilius - Roman nobleman in Titus Andronicus
9. Aeneas – Trojan leader in Troilus and Cressida
10. Ajax – Champion of the Greeks in Troilus and Cressida
11. Albany - King Lear
12. Alexander - Troilus and Cressida
13. Alexas - Antony and Cleopatra
14. Alonso - King of Naples in The Tempest
15. Angelo - The Comedy of Errors, Measure for Measure
16. Angus – A thane in Macbeth
17. Antonio - The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing
18. Aragon - The Merchant of Venice
19. Arthur - King John
20. Arcite and Palamon – Title characters of The Two Noble Kinsmen
21. Balthasar - The Comedy of Errors, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing
22. Barnardo - Hamlet
23. Bartholomew - The Taming of the Shrew
24. Benedick - Much Ado About Nothing
25. Benvolio - Romeo and Juliet
26. Berri - Henry V
27. Bertram - All's Well That Ends Well
28. Brandon - Henry VIII
29. Brutus – Julius Caesar
30. Cadwal – Second son of the king in Cymbeline
31. Caius - Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus
32. Caliban - The Tempest
33. Caesar - Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra
34. Camillo - The Winter's Tale
35. Casca - Julius Caesar
36. Cassio - Othello
37. Cassius - Julius Caesar
38. Cato - Julius Caesar
39. Camillo - The Winter's Tale
40. Cesario - Twelfth Night
41. Charles - As You Like It
42. Cicero - Julius Caesar
43. Clarence - Richard III, 2 Henry IV/Henry V
44. Claudio - Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure
45. Claudius - Julius Caesar
46. Corin – Kindly shepherd in As You Like It
47. Cornelius - Hamlet, Cymbeline
48. Curan - King Lear
49. Curtis - The Taming of the Shrew
50. Davy – Henry IV 2
51. Decius - Julius Caesar
52. Demetrius - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Titus Andronicus, Antony and Cleopatra
53. Dennis - As You Like It
54. Derby - Richard III
55. Diomedes - Troilus and Cressida, Antony and Cleopatra
56. Donalbain - Macbeth
57. Douglas - 1 Henry IV
58. Duncan - Macbeth
59. Edgar - King Lear
60. Edmund - King Lear
61. Edward - 2/3 Henry VI/Richard III
62. Egeon - The Comedy of Errors
63. Emmanuel - Henry VI 2
64. Fabian - Twelfth Night
65. Fenton – The Merry Wives of Windsor
66. Ferdinand - The Tempest, Love's Labour's Lost
67. Francis - 1/2 Henry IV
68. Francisco - Hamlet, The Tempest
69. Frederick - As You Like It
70. George - Henry VI 2
71. Gonzalo - The Tempest
72. Gower - English captain in Henry V
73. Gregory - Romeo and Juliet
74. Griffith - Henry VIII
75. Hamlet - Hamlet
76. Hector - Troilus and Cressida
77. Henry - King John, Henry IV 1/2, Henry VIII, 1/2/3 Henry VI, Henry V
78. Hero - Much Ado About Nothing
79. Hubert – Henchman of the king in King John
80. Iago - Othello
81. Jamy - Henry V
82. Jaques – Melancholy lord in As You Like It
83. John - King John
84. Joseph - The Taming of the Shrew
85. Justice - Measure for Measure
86. Laertes - Hamlet
87. Lance - The Two Gentlemen of Verona
88. Launcelot - The Merchant of Venice
89. Lennox – A thane in Macbeth
90. Leonardo - The Merchant of Venice
91. Lincoln - Henry VIII
92. Lorenzo - The Merchant of Venice
93. Lucio - Measure for Measure
94. Lucius - Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, Timon of Athens
95. Lysander - A Midsummer Night's Dream
96. Macbeth - Macbeth
97. Macduff – Thane of Fife in Macbeth
98. Malcolm - Macbeth
99. Marcellus - Hamlet
100. Mercutio - Romeo and Juliet
101. Michael - 2 Henry VI, 1 Henry IV
102. Morgan - Cymbeline
103. Mortimer - Henry VI 1
104. Morton - Messenger to the Earl of Northumberland in Henry IV
105. Oberon - A Midsummer Night's Dream
106. Octavius - Julius Caesar
107. Oliver - As You Like It
108. Orlando - As You Like It
109. Oswald - King Lear
110. Othello - Othello
111. Paris - Romeo and Juliet, Troilus and Cressida
112. Peter - 2 Henry VI, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew
113. Petruchio - Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew
114. Philip - The Taming of the Shrew, King John
115. Philo - Antony and Cleopatra
116. Prospero - The Tempest
117. Puck - A Midsummer Night's Dream
118. Reynaldo - Hamlet, All's Well That Ends Well
119. Richard - Richard II, Richard III
120. Robert - King John
121. Robin - A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor
122. Roderigo - Othello
123. Romeo - Romeo and Juliet
124. Ross - Richard II
125. Sebastian - The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona
126. Shaw - Richard III
127. Silvius - As You Like It
128. Snug – Joiner in A Midsummer Night's Dream
129. Travers - Messenger to the Earl of Northumberland in Henry IV 2
130. Timon - Timon of Athens
131. Titinius - Julius Caesar
132. Toby - Twelfth Night
133. Tybalt - Romeo and Juliet
134. Ulysses - Troilus and Cressida
135. Usher - Coriolanus
136. Valentine - Titus Andronicus, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night
137. Vernon - Supporter of Richard, Duke of York (1) in Henry VI 1
138. Vincentio - Measure for Measure, The Taming of the Shrew
139. William - As You Like It
140. Willoughby – Supporter of Bolingbroke in Richard II
141. Woodville - Lieutenant of the Tower of London in Henry VI 1