Shakespearean Names!

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

A list of names that Shakespeare has used in his plays:

*Adriana
*Ariel
Beatrice
Bianca
*Cassandra
Celia
Charmian
Cordelia
*Cressida - I kind of like the sound of this :)
Desdemona
*Diana
Dorcas
*Emilia
*Helena
Imogen
Isabel
*Isabella
Jacquenetta
Jessica
*Julia
*Juliet
Juno
*Lavinia
*Luciana
*Marina
Miranda
Nerissa
Octavia
*Olivia
Ophelia
Paulina
Phebe
Portia
Regan
Rosalind
*Rosaline
Tamora
Titania
*Viola

*Adrian
Alonso
Angus
*Antonio
Balthasar
Balthazar
Benedick
Claudio
Cleon
Corin
Cornelius
Dion
Duncan
*Fabian
Francisco
*Gregory
Horatio
Humphrey
Lorenzo
*Lucius - I've never liked it, but tonight it looks appealing, ahaha. Oh, my taste in names..
Malcolm
*Oliver
Orlando
*Owen
Philo
Sampson
*Sebastian
Timon
*Toby

Comments

[missmaxattax.livejournal.com]

I like:
Adriana
Ariel
Celia
Emilia
Helena
Isabella
Julia
Juliet
Marina
Olivia
Portia
Regan
Titania


Adrian
Corin
Fabian
Francisco
Lucius
Oliver
Sebastian


Jacquenetta just sounds so funny to me..

[shechoselove.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, I love Shakespeare, so this is right up my alley!

I don't know if I'd necessarily use any of these names, but I do like them!

Adriana
Ariel
Bianca
Cordelia
Emilia
Julia
Juliet
Olivia
Ophelia
Viola

Adrian
Oliver
Orlando
Toby

[blue-suspenders.livejournal.com]

Hm I like

*Adriana
Bianca
*Cassandra
Isabel
*Isabella
Jessica
*Julia
*Juliet
Juno
*Lavinia
*Olivia
Ophelia
Rosalind
*Rosaline
*Viola



*Adrian
*Lucius
*Oliver
*Owen
Sampson

I definitely didn't know a lot of those names were used in Shakespeare.

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

Beatrice
Bianca
Celia
Helena
Isabel
Juliet
Luciana
Marina
Olivia
Ophelia
Rosaline

Adrian
Antonio
Lucius
Malcolm
Oliver
Sebastian
Toby

[jamykins.livejournal.com]

Ariel
Bianca
Cassandra
Cordelia
Emilia
Helena
Isabella
Jessica
Julia
Miranda
Olivia
Ophelia

***you forgot Maraia***

Adrian
Melcolm
Owen
Sebastian

[jamykins.livejournal.com]

i mean Maria

i only point it out becuasei played Maria (prn like Mariah)in twelfth night and fell in love with the name!

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I know there's lots not on the list, I got it out of my trusty baby book lol. They don't even have Romeo, which I thought was weird, considering it's definitely one of Shakespeare's most well-known plays.

[ouronlylight.livejournal.com]

I like, but wouldn't necessarily use:

Ariel
Beatrice
Bianca
Cassandra
Celia
Cordelia
Cressida
Desdemona
Emilia
Isabel
Isabella
Julia
Juliet
Olivia
Ophelia
Regan

Adrian
Duncan
Lucius
Malcolm
Orlando
Owen

[bobinwales.livejournal.com]

Imogen
Juliet
Ophelia
Rosalind
Rosaline

Oliver
Owen

Also, I LOVE Leander and Lysander!
And I'd use all of them!

[krysteener.livejournal.com]

Names I would use: Isabel/la, Olivia, Francisco, Oliver

Names I would not use: Adriana, Bianca, Cordelia, Juliet, Rosaline, Antonio, Claudio, Gregory, Sebastian

[sugaree024.livejournal.com]

you forgot Jocasta! i love that one, event though her character is put in a horrible situation.

[songspell.livejournal.com]

I don't think Shakespeare wrote Oedipus Rex...

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Sophocles wrote that one.

[broadwaybabe11.livejournal.com]

I like:
Adriana
Ariel
Bianca
Cassandra
Diana
Juliet
Juno
Miranda
Portia
Regan
Rosaline
Viola
Adrian
Antonio
Lucius
Oliver
Orlando
Sebastoan
Toby

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Love Ariel & Helena, like Celia, Diana, Julia, Imogen, Adrian, Lorenzo & Oliver.

I also really like Lysander.

[memorymaze.livejournal.com]

I like:
Adriana
Cordelia
Diana
Julia
Paulina
Rosalind
Adrian
Malcolm
Oliver
Toby

I just saw Billy Talent Saturday night. It was awesome.

[drunkontea.livejournal.com]

You forgot Casca. I really like it, but on a girl instead. :\

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

ariel was a guys name in shakespeare... the tempest. sorry, i noticed you had it under girls' names.
i like a lot of these, especially ariel, sebastian, ophilia, and helena.

[nothingtolose19.livejournal.com]

*Shrug* Ohh, I didn't know, I never read that one. I got it from my baby name book :)

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

it's kind of a weird story, but it's good. one of my favourites actually :)

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I like:
Diana
Juliet

My favorite name used in a Shakespeare work is Laertes, but I'd never actually use it.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i like:
Adriana
Cordelia - though i'd never use it
Helena
Isabella
Juliet
Luciana

Adrian - i prefer it spelled adrien though
Corin - i think it's nice on a girl
Owen
Sebastian

[kolink.livejournal.com]

Adrian and Owen I love<3

[skittles22088.livejournal.com]

I like:
Adriana
Cordelia
Diana
Isabel
Isabella
Jessica
Marina
Olivia
Regan
Tamora

Claudio
Corin
Oliver
Owen
Sebastian
Toby