Shakespeare Names

35 Shakespeare names that mean shakespeare for girls, listing Shakespeare baby names 11-20. Cleopatra, Cordelia, Jessica and Juliet are popular names. Cressida, Cymbeline, Desdemona, Hermia, Hippolyta and Imogen are uncommon names. View Shakespeare baby names for name meanings, or search other baby names.

Cleopatra ... the most famous of whom was immortalized by Shakespeare in "Anthony and Cleopatra" ... [6]

Cordelia ... Shakespeare portrays Cordelia as a lovable ... [12]

Cressida ... Cressida is the heroine and Trojan princess of the tale "Troilus and Cressida" that has been told by Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Shakespeare ... [1]

Cymbeline ... The title of one of Shakespeare's lesser-known plays ... [1]

Desdemona ... Literary: in Shakespeare's "Othello" ... [1]

Hermia ... Hermia is a character in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". [3]

Hippolyta ... She is also a character in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". [1]

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]

Jessica ... Coined by Shakespeare (from the Old Testament Iscah or Jesca) in "The Merchant of Venice" for Shylock's daughter ... [12]

Juliet ... Shakespeare used the name twice ... [8]

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