Play Names

23 Play names that mean play for girls, listing Play baby names 11-20. Gigi, Marina, Olivia, Ophelia, Roxanne and Sabrina are popular names. Electra, Galatea, Imogen and Iphigenia are uncommon names. View Play baby names for name meanings, or search other baby names.

Electra ... Also the inspiration for Lavinia in Eugene O'Neill's trilogy of plays ... [6]

Galatea ... Shaw's play "Pygmalion" ... [2]

Gigi ... later made into an award-winning stage play and movie musical ... [2]

Imogen ... the name has connotations of the perfect heroine as used in Shakespeare's play "Cymbeline" and Sir Walter Scott's novel "The Heart of Midlothian" ... [7]

Iphigenia ... There are plays inspired by this tale. [7]

Marina ... Shakespeare gave the name to Pericles' daughter in his play "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" ... [17]

Olivia ... Coined by Shakespeare as the name of a much-wooed aristocrat in his play "Twelfth Night" (1599) ... [19]

Ophelia ... Name of the unfortunate maiden who loved Hamlet in Shakespeare's play "Hamlet" ... [12]

Roxanne ... Roxane is the heroine of Rostand's play "Cyrano de Bergerac". [22]

Sabrina ... Known in modern times through the play and movie "Sabrina Fair" ... [11]

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