What is your favorite Shakespeare inspired name?

Title says it all.

[name_u]Puck[/name_u]!

Mark

Iago, [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f] and [name_m]Claudius[/name_m] :grin:

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same here!

I keep leaving the thread and coming back to it thanks to this one. I have to agree [name_u]Puck[/name_u] is great.

I always liked [name_m]Mercutio[/name_m] and [name_m]Benvolio[/name_m]! When I first heard these names I thought they were so interesting and different

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I love [name_f]Desdemona[/name_f]!

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Rosalind and [name_f]Helena[/name_f] for girls; [name_m]Lysander[/name_m] for boys. There are so many good ones though…

[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] :slight_smile:

ETA: How could I forget Horatio?!?

I’m not sure I can choose just one!

Girls: [name_f]Juliet[/name_f], [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Thisbe[/name_f], [name_m]Cymbeline[/name_m], [name_u]Regan[/name_u], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]…

Boys: [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_m]Lysander[/name_m], [name_m]Antonio[/name_m], [name_u]Ariel[/name_u], [name_u]Toby[/name_u], [name_m]Fabian[/name_m], [name_m]Laertes[/name_m]…

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There are quite a few I love:

Girls: [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f], [name_u]Hero[/name_u], [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_f]Titania[/name_f], [name_f]Viola[/name_f] etc.
Boys: [name_m]Sebastian[/name_m], [name_m]Lysander[/name_m], [name_u]Albany[/name_u], [name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m], [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] etc.

I wouldn’t use all of them but I do really like them all.

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Hamlet is my guilty pleasure :see_no_evil:

I also like [name_m]Horatio[/name_m], [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f], [name_m]Duncan[/name_m], and [name_f]Titania[/name_f].

Benvolio ([name_m]Romeo[/name_m] & [name_f]Juliet[/name_f])

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Hero and [name_u]Tempest[/name_u] :yellow_heart:

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Lysander, [name_u]Hero[/name_u], [name_m]Romeo[/name_m], [name_f]Bianca[/name_f], [name_u]Ariel[/name_u] and [name_u]Oberon[/name_u] :slight_smile:

I love [name_m]Iago[/name_m] but he’s a terrible character. I also love [name_f]Desdemona[/name_f] but it has a bad meaning.

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I forgot [name_f]Helena[/name_f] :woman_facepalming: and [name_f]Hermione[/name_f] too.

Cymbeline, [name_m]Caliban[/name_m] and [name_m]Prospero[/name_m] are fun for boys.

Cressida & [name_m]Laertes[/name_m] :heart_eyes:
Also [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f], [name_m]Titus[/name_m], [name_f]Hecate[/name_f], Diomedes & [name_m]Aeneas[/name_m]

Hero, [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f], [name_f]Hermione[/name_f] and [name_f]Thisbe[/name_f]!

So many

Ophelia
[name_m]Benvolio[/name_m]
[name_m]Tybalt[/name_m]
[name_m]Fabian[/name_m]
[name_m]Prospero[/name_m]

I think benvolio is so handsome