A rose by any other name...

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What are some of your favourite Shakespearean names for a child?

Myself:

Ariel (The Tempest - though I would use this for a girl.)
Dion (A Winters Tale)
Hamlet (Hamlet... a guilty pleasure :P)
Hugh (The Merry Wives of Windsor)
Oliver (As You Like It)
Robin (The Merry Wives of Windsor)
Toby (Twelfth Night)

Hermione (A Winters Tale - this is my number one favourite girls name too.)
Bianca (Taming of the Shrew)
Celia (As You Like It)
Imogen (Cymbeline)
Isabella (Measure for Measure)
Ophelia (Hamlet)

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Caliban is a guilty pleasure for me too. : )