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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