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A Shakespeare baby name may be the perfect pick for lovers of literature. ... There are 124 boy names and 75 names for girls. See the list of names below as well as the play each is associated with.
"Jessica" was the first- or second-most popular female baby name in the United States from 1981 to 1998 [6] [7] before falling out of the Top 20 in 2004. [8] It also rose to No. 1 in England and Wales in 2005, [9] dropping to No. 3 in 2006. [10] Common nicknames of the name Jessica include "Jess", "Jessi" and "Jessie".
Corambis is an alternative name for Polonius in Hamlet. He is so named in The First Quarto of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" (1603); occasionally referred to as the "bad quarto". Cordelia is the youngest daughter in King Lear. She marries the King of France. At the end of the play she is hanged on Edmund's instructions.
M. Queen Mab. Lady Macbeth. Lady Macduff. Margaret of Anjou. Maria (Twelfth Night) Miranda (The Tempest)
Ophelia (given name) Ophelia or Pause for Thought by Pierre Auguste Cot, 1870. The hybrid tea rose Ophelia. Ophelia is a feminine given name, probably derived from Ancient Greek ὠφέλεια (ōphéleia, "benefit"). [1][2] The name is best known as a character from William Shakespeare 's Hamlet who has a tragic end.
Hermione (Ancient Greek: Ἑρμιόνη [hermi.ónɛː]) is a feminine given name derived from the Greek messenger god Hermes. Hermione was the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology. It was also the name of an early Christian martyr, Hermione of Ephesus, and of a character in William Shakespeare’s play The Winter's Tale. [2]
Olivia (name) Olivia from William Shakespeare 's Twelfth Night by Edmund Blair Leighton, 1896. Olivia is a feminine given name in the English language. It is derived from Latin oliva, olive. Both Oliva and Olivia were Latinate forms in use in English-speaking countries as early as the 13th century.
In England and Wales; it was the 34th most popular baby girl name in 2014, [6] whilst in Australia, Imogen was the 35th most popular name for baby girls from 2011-13. [7] It was ranked 86th in popularity for baby girls in Scotland in 2007.