English Names
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Listed are some of the more unique names from Shakespeare's
non-historical works. To find out more about Shakespeare's plays and
characters, we recommend visiting The Shakespeare
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NAME |
PLAY |
Abraham |
Romeo & Juliet |
Adrian |
The Tempest |
Adriana |
Comedy of Errors |
Adriano |
Love's Labour's Lost |
Aegeon |
Comedy of Errors |
Aemilia |
Comedy of Errors |
Alonso |
The Tempest |
Amiens |
As You Like It |
Angelo |
(Several Plays) |
Angus |
Macbeth |
Antigonus |
Winter's Tale |
Antipholus |
Comedy of Errors |
Antonio |
(Several Plays) |
Ariel |
The Tempest |
Arviragus |
Cymbeline |
Audrey |
As You Like It |
Balthazar |
(Several Plays) |
Banquo |
Macbeth |
Baptista |
Taming of the Shrew |
Bardolph |
Merry Wives of Windsor |
Barnardine |
Measure for Measure |
Barnardo |
Hamlet |
Bassanio |
Merchant of Venice |
Beatrice |
Much Ado About Nothing |
Belarius |
Cymbeline |
Benedick |
Much Ado About Nothing |
Benvolio |
Romeo & Juliet |
Bertram |
All's Well that Ends Well |
Bianca |
Othello, Taming of the Shrew |
Biondello |
Taming of the Shrew |
Boyet |
Love's Labour's Lost . |
Brabantio |
Othello |
Caliban |
The Tempest |
Camillo |
Winter's Tale |
Caphis |
Timon of Athens |
Cassio |
Othello |
Celia |
As You Like It |
Ceres |
The Tempest |
Christopher |
Taming of the Shrew |
Claudio |
(Several Plays) |
Claudius |
Hamlet |
Cleomenes |
Winter's Tale |
Cloten |
Cymbeline |
Cordelia |
King Lear |
Corin |
As You Like It |
Cornelius |
Hamlet, Cymbaline |
Costard |
Love's Labour's Lost |
Curan |
King Lear |
Curio |
Twelfth Night |
Curtis |
Taming of the Shrew |
Cymbeline |
Cymbeline |
Demetrius |
Midsummer-Night's Dream |
Desdemona |
Othello |
Diana |
All's Well that Ends Well |
Dion |
Winter's Tale |
Dogberry |
Much Ado About Nothing |
Donalbain |
Macbeth |
Dorcas |
Winter's Tale |
Dromio |
Comedy of Errors |
Dull |
Love's Labour's Lost |
Duncan |
Macbeth |
Edgar |
King Lear |
Edmund |
King Lear |
Egeus |
Midsummer-Night's Dream |
Eglamour |
Two Gentlemen of Verona |
Elbow |
Measure for Measure |
Emilia |
Othello, Winter's Tale |
Escalus |
Measure for Measure, Romeo & Juliet |
Fabian |
Twelfth Night |
Fenton |
Merry Wives of Windsor |
Ferdinand |
Love's Labour's Lost, The Tempest |
Feste |
Twelfth Night |
Flavius |
Timon of Athens |
Fleance |
Macbeth |
Florizel |
Winter's Tale |
Fortinbras |
Hamlet |
Francisca |
Measure for Measure |
Francisco |
Hamlet, The Tempest |
Frederick |
As You Like It |
Froth |
Measure for Measure |
Gertrude |
Hamlet |
Goneril |
King Lear |
Gonzalo |
The Tempest |
Gratiano |
Merchant of Venice |
Gregory |
Romeo & Juliet |
Gremio |
Taming of the Shrew |
Guiderius |
Cymbeline |
Hamlet |
Hamlet |
Hecate |
Macbeth |
Helen |
Cymbeline |
Helena |
(Several Plays) . |
Hermia |
Midsummer-Night's Dream |
Hermione |
Winter's Tale |
Hero (female) |
Much Ado About Nothing |
Hippolyta |
Midsummer-Night's Dream |
Holofernes |
Love's Labour's Lost |
Horatio |
Hamlet |
Hortensio |
Taming of the Shrew |
Hortensius |
Timon of Athens |
Iago |
Othello |
Imogen |
Cymbeline |
Iris |
The Tempest |
Isabella |
Measure for Measure |
Jaquenetta |
Love's Labour's Lost |
Jaques |
As You Like It |
Jessica |
Merchant of Venice |
Julia |
Two Gentlemen of Verona |
Juliet |
Romeo & Juliet, Measure for Measure |
Juno |
The Tempest |
Katharina |
Taming of the Shrew |
Katharine |
(Several Plays) |
Laertes |
Hamlet |
Lafeu |
All's Well that Ends Well |
Lancelot |
Merchant of Venice |
Launce |
Two Gentlemen of Verona |
Lavache |
All's Well that Ends Well |
Lennox |
Macbeth |
Leonardo |
Merchant of Venice |
Leonato |
Much Ado About Nothing |
Leontes |
Winter's Tale |
Lodovico |
Othello |
Lorenzo |
Merchant of Venice |
Luce |
Comedy of Errors |
Lucentio |
Taming of the Shrew |
Lucetta |
Two Gentlemen of Verona |
Luciana |
Comedy of Errors |
Lucilius |
Timon of Athens |
Lucio |
Measure for Measure |
Lysander |
Midsummer-Night's Dream |
Malcolm |
Macbeth |
Malvolio |
Twelfth Night |
Mamillius |
Winter's Tale |
Marcellus |
Hamlet |
Margaret |
Much Ado About Nothing |
Maria |
Love's Labour's Lost, Twelfth Night |
Mariana |
(Several Plays) |
Mercade |
Love's Labour's Lost |
Mercutio |
Romeo & Juliet |
Miranda |
The Tempest |
Montano |
Othello |
Mopsa |
Winter's Tale |
Moth |
Love's Labour's Lost |
Nathaniel |
Taming of the Shrew |
Nell |
Comedy of Errors |
Nerissa |
Merchant of Venice |
Nym |
Merry Wives of Windsor |
Oberon |
Midsummer-Night's Dream |
Oliver |
As You Like It |
Olivia |
Twelfth Night |
Ophelia |
Hamlet |
Orlando |
As You Like It . |
Orsino |
Twelfth Night |
Osric |
Hamlet |
Oswald |
King Lear |
Othello |
Othello |
Panthino |
Two Gentlemen of Verona |
Paris |
Romeo & Juliet |
Parolles |
All's Well that Ends Well |
Paulina |
Winter's Tale |
Perdita |
Winter's Tale |
Peter |
(Various Plays) |
Petruchio |
Taming of the Shrew |
Phebe |
As You Like It |
Philario |
Cymbeline |
Philip |
Taming of the Shrew |
Philostrate |
Midsummer-Night's Dream |
Phrynia |
Timon of Athens |
Pisanio |
Cymbeline |
Pistol |
Merry Wives of Windsor |
Polixenes |
Winter's Tale |
Polonius |
Hamlet |
Pompey |
Measure for Measure |
Portia |
Merchant of Venice |
Prospero |
The Tempest |
Proteus |
Two Gentlemen of Verona |
Regan |
King Lear |
Reynaldo |
Hamlet |
Rinaldo |
All's Well that Ends Well |
Robin |
Merry Wives of Windsor |
Roderigo |
Othello |
Romeo |
Romeo & Juliet |
Rosalind |
As You Like It |
Rosaline |
Love's Labour's Lost |
Ross |
Macbeth |
Salerio |
Merchant of Venice |
Sampson |
Romeo & Juliet |
Sebastian |
The Tempest, Twelfth Night |
Seton |
Macbeth |
Silvia |
Two Gentlemen of Verona |
Silvius |
As You Like It |
Simple |
Merry Wives of Windsor |
Siward |
Macbeth |
Snug |
Midsummer-Night's Dream |
Solanio |
Merchant of Venice |
Solinus |
Comedy of Errors |
Speed |
Two Gentlemen of Verona |
Stephano |
Merchant of Venice |
Stephano |
The Tempest |
Theseus |
Midsummer-Night's Dream |
Thurio |
Two Gentlemen of Verona |
Timandra |
Timon of Athens |
Timon |
Timon of Athens |
Titania |
Midsummer-Night's Dream |
Toby |
Twelfth Night |
Tranio |
Taming of the Shrew |
Trinculo |
The Tempest |
Tubal |
Merchant of Venice |
Tybalt |
Romeo & Juliet |
Ursula |
Much Ado About Nothing |
Valentine |
Twelfth Night |
Valentine |
Two Gentlemen of Verona . |
Varrius |
Measure for Measure |
Vencentio |
Taming of the Shrew |
Verges |
Much Ado About Nothing |
Vincentio |
Measure for Measure |
Viola |
Twelfth Night |
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