Do you find any of these Shakespearean names to be timeless?
Like it or hate it, William Shakespeare’s works have been amongst the Monday influential in the English world
Shakespeare is often most praised for including interesting words and names in his stories. Some of the following names (such as Jessica and Innogen) are variants actually invented by him
Below are Shakespearean character names (I only included the ones I think are realistic for a baby and not the fantasy names) as well as their origin:
-Aaron (Hebrew)
-Abraham (Hebrew)
-Adam (Hebrew)
-Adrian (Latin)
-Adriana (Latin)
-Andrew (Greek)
-Alexander (Greek)
-Alice (French)
-Alonso (Spanish)
-Angelica (Latin)
-Angelo (Latin)
-Anne (Hebrew)
-Anthony (Latin)
-Philip (Greek)
-John (Hebrew)
-Beatrice (Latin)
-Bianca (Italian)
-Blanche (French)
-Jack (English)
-Cassandra (Greek)
-Catherine (Greek)
-Simon (Hebrew)
-Charles (German)
-Clarence (Latin)
-Curtis (French)
-Dennis (Greek)
-Diana (Latin)
-Earl (English)
-Eleanor (Greek)
-Elizabeth (Hebrew)
-Francis (Latin)
-George (Greek)
-Gerald (German)
-Gregory (Greek)
-Helena (Greek)
-Henry (German)
-Innogen (Gaelic)
-Iris (Greek)
-Isabella (Italian)
-James (Hebrew)
-Jane (French)
-Jessica (Hebrew)
-John (Hebrew)
-Joseph (Hebrew)
-Juliet (Latin)
-Kate (Greek)
-Lavinia (Latin)
-Lennox (Gaelic)
-Leonardo (German)
-Lewis (German)
-Lorenzo (Italian)
-Luciana (Latin)
-Claudio (Latin)
-William (German)
-Malcolm (Gaelic)
-Marcus (Latin)
-Margaret (Greek)
-Maria (Hebrew)
-Mariana (Latin)
-Marina (Latin)
-Mark (Latin)
-Oliver (English)
-Matthew (Hebrew)
-Michael (Hebrew)
-Iago (Spanish)
-Miranda (Latin)
-Morgan (Welsh)
-Nathaniel (Hebrew)
-Nerissa (Greek)
-Nicholas (Greek)
-Octavia (Latin)
-Olivia (Latin)
-Ophelia (Greek)
-Orsino (Italian)
-Paulina (Spanish)
-Percy (French)
-Peter (Greek)
-Portia (Latin)
-Regan (Gaelic)
-Richard (German)
-Robert (German)
-Robin (German)
-Rosalind (Latin)
-Rosaline (Latin)
-Ross (Gaelic)
-Sebastian (Greek)
-Silvia (Italian)
-Thomas (Aramaic)
-Timothy (Greek)
-Titus (Latin)
-Troy (Greek)
-Ulysses (Latin)
-Valentine (French)
-Valeria (Latin)
-Vernon (French)
-Viola (Latin)
-Walter (German)
PLEASE ANSWER:
*DO you find any of these names very timeless?
*DO you find any of these names very dated?
*ARE there any you like/would use?
*ARE there any you dislike/wouldn’t use?
*WHAT do you think of Shakespeare’s naming style overall?
*ARE there any other Shakespearean names I didn’t include that you really like (list them please)?
Thanks for participating :)
Posted Dec 6, 2025, 6:25 PM UTC