Shakespearian Boy Names

Here is a list of Shakespearian boy names along with their meanings.

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Name,Meaning

Aaron , Appeared in Titus Andronicus
Abhorson , Appeared in Measure for Measure
Abraham , Appeared in Romeo & Juliet
Achilles , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Adrian , Appeared in The Tempest
Adriano , Appeared in Love’s Labour Lost
Aegeon , Appeared in Comedy of Errors
Aemilius , Appeared in Titus Andronicus
Aemilius Lepidus , Appeared in Julius Caesar – Antony & Cleopatra
Aeneas , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Agamemnon , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Agrippa , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Ajax , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Alarbus , Appeared in Titus Andronicus
Alcibiades , Appeared in Timon of Athens
Alexander , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Alexas , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Alonso , Appeared in The Tempest
Amiens , Appeared in As You Like It
Andrew Aguecheek (Sir) , Appeared in Twelfth Night
Angelo , Appeared in Measure for Measure – Comedy of Errors
Angus , Appeared in Macbeth
Antenor , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Antigonus , Appeared in A Winter’s Tale
Antiochus , Appeared in Pericles
Antipholus , Appeared in Comedy of Errors
Antonio , Appeared in Merchant of Venice – Much Ado About Nothing – Twelfth Night – The Tempest – Two Gentlemen of Verona
Apemantus , Appeared in Timon of Athens
Archidamus , Appeared in A Winter’s Tale
Ariel , Appeared in The Tempest
Aruiragus , Appeared in Cymbeline
Autolucus , Appeared in A Winter’s Tale
Balthasar , Appeared in Merchant of Venice – Much Ado About Nothing – Romeo & Juliet
Balthazar , Appeared in Comedy of Errors
Banquo , Appeared in Macbeth
Baptista , Appeared in Taming of the Shrew
Bardolph , Appeared in Merry Wives of Windsor – Henry V
Barnardine , Appeared in Measure for Measure
Bassanio , Appeared in Merchant of Venice
Bassanius , Appeared in Titus Andronicus
Bassett , Appeared in King Henry VI
Bates , Appeared in Henry V
Belarius , Appeared in Cymbeline
Benedick , Appeared in Much Ado About Nothing
Benvolio , Appeared in Romeo & Juliet
Bernardo , Appeared in Hamlet
Berowne , Appeared in Love’s Labour Lost
Biondello , Appeared in Taming of the Shrew
Borachio , Appeared in Much Ado About Nothing
Bottom , Appeared in Midsummer Night’s Dream
Boult , Appeared in Pericles
Boyet , Appeared in Love’s Labour Lost
Brabantio , Appeared in Othello
Brandon , Appeared in Henry VIII
Butts (Dr.) , Appeared in Henry VIII
Caithness , Appeared in Macbeth
Caius , Appeared in Titus Andronicus
Caius (Dr.) , Appeared in Merry Wives of Windsor
Caius Lucius , Appeared in Cymbeline
Caius Marcius , Appeared in Coriolanus
Caliban , Appeared in The Tempest
Camillo , Appeared in A Winter’s Tale
Candidius , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Caphis , Appeared in Timon of Athens
Capucius , Appeared in Henry VIII
Capulet , Appeared in Romeo & Juliet
Cassio , Appeared in Othello
Cato , Appeared in Julius Caesar
Cerimon , Appeared in Pericles
Charles , Appeared in As You Like It
Chatillon , Appeared in King John
Chiron , Appeared in Titus Andronicus
Christophero Sly , Appeared in Taming of the Shrew
Cicero , Appeared in Julius Caesar
Clachas , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Claudio , Appeared in Much Ado About Nothing – Measure for Measure
Claudius , Appeared in Hamlet – Julius Caesar
Cleomenes , Appeared in A Winter’s Tale
Cleon , Appeared in Pericles
Clitus , Appeared in Julius Caesar
Cloten , Appeared in Cymbeline
Cobweb , Appeared in Midsummer Night’s Dream
Cominius , Appeared in Coriolanus
Conrade , Appeared in Much Ado About Nothing
Corin , Appeared in As You Like It
Cornelius , Appeared in Hamlet – Cymbeline
Costard , Appeared in Love’s Labour Lost
Court , Appeared in Henry V
Cranmer , Appeared in Henry VIII
Cromwell , Appeared in Henry VIII
Cupid , Appeared in Timon of Athens
Curan , Appeared in King Lear
Curio , Appeared in Twelfth Night
Curtis , Appeared in Taming of the Shrew
Cymbeline , Appeared in Cymbeline
Decretas , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Deiphobus , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Demetrius , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra – Midsummer Night’s Dream
Dennis , Appeared in As You Like It
Diomedes , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra – Troilus & Cressida
Dion , Appeared in A Winter’s Tale
Dogberry , Appeared in Much Ado About Nothing
Dolabella , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Domitus Enobarbus , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Donalbain , Appeared in Macbeth
Dromio , Appeared in Comedy of Errors
Dull , Appeared in Love’s Labour Lost
Dumaine , Appeared in Love’s Labour Lost
Duncan , Appeared in Macbeth
Durdanius , Appeared in Julius Caesar
Edgar , Appeared in King Lear
Edmund , Appeared in King Lear
Egeus , Appeared in Midsummer Night’s Dream
Eglamour , Appeared in Two Gentlemen of Verona
Elbow , Appeared in Measure for Measure
Eros , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Escalus , Appeared in Measure for Measure – Romeo & Juliet
Escanes , Appeared in Pericles
Fabian , Appeared in Twelfth Night
Falstaff (Sir John) , Appeared in Merry Wives of Windsor
Fenton , Appeared in Merry Wives of Windsor
Ferdinand , Appeared in The Tempest – Love’s Labour Lost
Feste , Appeared in Twelfth Night
Flavius , Appeared in Timon of Athens
Fleance , Appeared in Macbeth
Floritzel , Appeared in A Winter’s Tale
Fluellen , Appeared in Henry V
Ford , Appeared in Merry Wives of Windsor
Fortinbras , Appeared in Hamlet
Francis (Friar) , Appeared in Much Ado About Nothing
Francisco , Appeared in Hamlet – The Tempest
Frederick , Appeared in As You Like It
Froth , Appeared in Measure for Measure
Gallus , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Gonzalo , Appeared in The Tempest
Gower , Appeared in Henry V
Grandpré , Appeared in Henry V
Gratiano , Appeared in Merchant of Venice – Othello
Gregory , Appeared in Romeo & Juliet
Gremio , Appeared in Taming of the Shrew
Griffith , Appeared in Henry VIII
Grumio , Appeared in Taming of the Shrew
Guiderius , Appeared in Cymbeline
Guildenstern , Appeared in Hamlet
Hamlet , Appeared in Hamlet
Hector , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Helenus , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Helicanus , Appeared in Pericles
Holgernes , Appeared in Love’s Labour Lost
Horatio , Appeared in Hamlet
Hortensio , Appeared in Taming of the Shrew
Hortensius , Appeared in Timon of Athens
Hugh Evans (Sir) , Appeared in Merry Wives of Windsor
Hymen , Appeared in As You Like It
Iachima , Appeared in Cymbeline
Iago , Appeared in Othello
Jamy , Appeared in Henry V
Jaques , Appeared in As You Like It
John (Don) , Appeared in Much Ado About Nothing
John (Friar) , Appeared in Romeo & Juliet
Julius Caesar , Appeared in Julius Caesar
Junius Brutus , Appeared in Coriolanus
Laertes , Appeared in Hamlet
Lartius , Appeared in Coriolanus
Launce , Appeared in Two Gentlemen of Verona
Launcelot Gobbo , Appeared in Merchant of Venice
Laurence (Friar) , Appeared in Romeo & Juliet
Lear (King) , Appeared in King Lear
LeBeau , Appeared in As You Like It
Lennox , Appeared in Macbeth
Leonardo , Appeared in Merchant of Venice
Leonato , Appeared in Much Ado About Nothing
Leonine , Appeared in Pericles
Leontes , Appeared in A Winter’s Tale
Lodovico , Appeared in Othello
Longaville , Appeared in Love’s Labour Lost
Lorenzo , Appeared in Merchant of Venice
Lucentio , Appeared in Taming of the Shrew
Lucio , Appeared in Measure for Measure
Lucius , Appeared in Julius Caesar – Timon of Athens – Titus Andronicus
Lucullus , Appeared in Timon of Athens
Lymoges , Appeared in King John
Lysander , Appeared in Midsummer Night’s Dream
Lysimachus , Appeared in Pericles
Macbeth , Appeared in Macbeth
Macduff , Appeared in Macbeth
Macmorris , Appeared in Henry V
Malvolio , Appeared in Twelfth Night
Mamillius , Appeared in A Winter’s Tale
Marcade , Appeared in Love’s Labour Lost
Marcellus , Appeared in Hamlet
Marcus Andonicus , Appeared in Titus Andronicus
Marcus Antonius , Appeared in Julius Caesar
Marcus Brutus , Appeared in Julius Caesar
Mardian , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Margarelon , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Mark Antony , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Martius , Appeared in Titus Andronicus
Mecaenus , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Melun , Appeared in King John
Menas , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Menecrates , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Menelaus , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Menenius Velutus , Appeared in Coriolanus
Menteith , Appeared in Macbeth
Mercutio , Appeared in Romeo & Juliet
Messala , Appeared in Julius Caesar
Montague , Appeared in Romeo & Juliet
Montano , Appeared in Othello
Moth , Appeared in Midsummer Night’s Dream – Love’s Labour Lost
Mountjoy , Appeared in Henry V
Mustardseed , Appeared in Midsummer Night’s Dream
Mutius , Appeared in Titus Andronicus
Nathaniel , Appeared in Love’s Labour Lost
Nestor , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Nym , Appeared in Henry V – Merry Wives of Windsor
Oberon , Appeared in Midsummer Night’s Dream
Octavius , Appeared in Julius Caesar
Octavius Caesar , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Oliver Martext (Sir) , Appeared in As You Like It
Olivier , Appeared in As You Like It
Orlando , Appeared in As You Like It
Orsino , Appeared in Twelfth Night
Osric , Appeared in Hamlet
Oswald , Appeared in King Lear
Othello , Appeared in Othello
Pandarus , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Panthino , Appeared in Two Gentlemen of Verona
Paris , Appeared in Romeo & Juliet – Troilus & Cressida
Patroclus , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Peaseblossom , Appeared in Midsummer Night’s Dream
Pedro (Don) , Appeared in Much Ado About Nothing
Pericles , Appeared in Pericles
Peter , Appeared in Romeo & Juliet
Peter (Friar) , Appeared in Measure for Measure
Petruchio , Appeared in Taming of the Shrew
Philario , Appeared in Cymbeline
Philemon , Appeared in Pericles
Philo , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Philostrate , Appeared in Midsummer Night’s Dream
Philotus , Appeared in Timon of Athens
Pinch , Appeared in Comedy of Errors
Pindarus , Appeared in Julius Caesar
Pisanio , Appeared in Cymbeline
Pistol , Appeared in Henry V – Merry Wives of Windsor
Polixenes , Appeared in A Winter’s Tale
Polonius , Appeared in Hamlet
Popilius Lena , Appeared in Julius Caesar
Posthumus Leonatus , Appeared in Cymbeline
Priam , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Proculeius , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Prospero , Appeared in The Tempest
Proteus , Appeared in Two Gentlemen of Verona
Publius , Appeared in Julius Caesar – Titus Andronicus
Puck , Appeared in Midsummer Night’s Dream
Quince , Appeared in Midsummer Night’s Dream
Quintus , Appeared in Titus Andronicus
Rambures , Appeared in Henry V
Reynaldo , Appeared in Hamlet
Robin , Appeared in Merry Wives of Windsor
Robin Goodfellow (Puck) , Appeared in Midsummer Night’s Dream
Roderigo , Appeared in Othello
Romeo , Appeared in Romeo & Juliet
Rosencrantz , Appeared in Hamlet
Ross , Appeared in Macbeth
Rugby , Appeared in Merry Wives of Windsor
Sampson , Appeared in Romeo & Juliet
Saturninus , Appeared in Titus Andronicus
Scarus , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Sebastian , Appeared in The Tempest – Twelfth Night
Seleucus , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Sempronius , Appeared in Timon of Athens – Titus Andronicus
Sextus Pompeius , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Seyton , Appeared in Macbeth
Shallow , Appeared in Merry Wives of Windsor
Shylock , Appeared in Merchant of Venice
Silvius , Appeared in As You Like It
Simonides , Appeared in Pericles
Simple , Appeared in Merry Wives of Windsor
Siward , Appeared in Macbeth
Slender , Appeared in Merry Wives of Windsor
Snout , Appeared in Midsummer Night’s Dream
Snug , Appeared in Midsummer Night’s Dream
Solanio , Appeared in Merchant of Venice
Solinus , Appeared in Comedy of Errors
Speed , Appeared in Two Gentlemen of Verona
Starveling , Appeared in Midsummer Night’s Dream
Stephano , Appeared in Merchant of Venice – The Tempest
Strato , Appeared in Julius Caesar
Taurus , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Thaliard , Appeared in Pericles
Thersites , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Theseus , Appeared in Midsummer Night’s Dream
Thidias , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Thomas (Friar) , Appeared in Measure for Measure
Thomas Erpingham (Sir) , Appeared in Henry V
Thurio , Appeared in Two Gentlemen of Verona
Timon , Appeared in Timon of Athens
Titus , Appeared in Coriolanus – Timon of Athens
Titus Andronicus , Appeared in Titus Andronicus
Toby Belch (Toby) , Appeared in Twelfth Night
Touchstone , Appeared in As You Like It
Tranio , Appeared in Taming of the Shrew
Trinculo , Appeared in The Tempest
Tubal , Appeared in Merchant of Venice
Tullus Aufidus , Appeared in Coriolanus
Tybalt , Appeared in Romeo & Juliet
Ulysses , Appeared in Troilus & Cressida
Valentine , Appeared in Titus Andronicus – Twelfth Night – Two Gentlemen of Verona
Varrius , Appeared in Antony & Cleopatra
Ventidius , Appeared in Timon of Athens – Antony & Cleopatra
Verges , Appeared in Much Ado About Nothing
Vernon , Appeared in King Henry VI
Vincentio , Appeared in Measure for Measure – Taming of the Shrew
Voltimand , Appeared in Hamlet
William , Appeared in As You Like It

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