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