Shakespearean Names with Catholic Connections

Today's Shakespeare's birthday and in light of that and the new The Catholic Baby Name Book, I thought I'd see which of his character names had some Catholic connections. For those who wish to give their child a name with Catholic roots and a Shakespearean legacy, there are loads of options. I accessed a list of Shakespearean names from Baby Center and then cross-referenced them with  The Catholic Baby Name Book.

Baby girl names

• Adrian - (Coriolanus, The Tempest)
• Adriana - (The Comedy of Errors)
• Alice - (Henry V)
• Aliena - (As You Like It)
• Anne - (Henry VIII, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Richard III)
• Audrey - (As You Like It)
• Beatrice - (Much Ado About Nothing)
• Diana - (All's Well That Ends Well)
• Eleanor - (King John)
• Elizabeth - (Henry VIII, 3 Henry VI/Richard III)
• Emilia - (The Comedy of Errors, The Winter's Tale, Othello, The Two Noble Kinsmen)
• Gertrude - (Hamlet)
• Helen - (Troilus and Cressida, All's Well That Ends Well)
• Helena - (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
• Hermia - (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
• Hermione - (The Winter's Tale)
• Isabel - (Richard II, Henry V)
• Isabella - (Measure for Measure)
• Isidore - (Timon of Athens)
• Jessica - (The Merchant of Venice)
• Julia - (The Two Gentlemen of Verona)
• Juliet - (Romeo and Juliet, Measure for Measure)
• Katharine - (Love's Labour's Lost, Henry V)
• Katherina - (The Taming of the Shrew)
• Katherine - (Henry VIII)
• Lavinia - (Titus Andronicus)
• Luce - (The Comedy of Errors)
• Luciana - (The Comedy of Errors)
• Margaret - ( 1/2/3 Henry VI/Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing)
• Maria - (Love's Labour's Lost, Twelfth Night)
• Mariana - (All's Well That Ends Well, Measure for Measure)
• Marina - (Pericles)
• Miranda - (The Tempest)
• Morgan - (Cymbeline)
• Octavia - (Antony and Cleopatra)
• Olivia - (Twelfth Night)
• Paulina - (The Winter's Tale)
• Phebe - (As You Like It)
• Portia - (The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar)
• Regan - (King Lear)
• Robin - (A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor)
• Rosalind - (As You Like It)
• Rosaline - (Love's Labour's Lost)
• Silvia - (The Two Gentlemen of Verona)
• Ursula - (Much Ado About Nothing)
• Valentine - (Titus Andronicus, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night)
• Valeria - (Coriolanus)

Baby boy names

• Aaron - (Titus Andronicus)
• Abram - (Romeo and Juliet)
• Adam - (As You Like It)
• Adrian - (Coriolanus, The Tempest)
• Alexander - (Troilus and Cressida)
• Alonso - (The Tempest)
• Angelo - (The Comedy of Errors, Measure for Measure)
• Antonio - (The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing)
• Barnardo - (Hamlet)
• Bartholomew - (The Taming of the Shrew)
• Benedick - (Much Ado About Nothing)
• Berri - (Henry V)
• Bertram - (All's Well That Ends Well)
• Brandon - (Henry VIII)
• Caius - (Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus)
• Cassio - (Othello)
• Cassius - (Julius Caesar)
• Cato - (Julius Caesar)
• Cesario - (Twelfth Night)
• Charles - (As You Like It)
• Claudio - (Much Ado About Nothing, Measure for Measure)
• Claudius - (Julius Caesar)
• Cornelius - (Hamlet, Cymbeline)
• Demetrius - (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Titus Andronicus, Antony and Cleopatra)
• Diomedes - (Troilus and Cressida, Antony and Cleopatra)
• Edgar - (King Lear)
• Edmund - (King Lear)
• Edward - (2/3 Henry VI/Richard III)
• Emmanuel - (2 Henry VI)
• Fabian - (Twelfth Night)
• Ferdinand - (The Tempest, Love's Labour's Lost)
• Francis - (1/2 Henry IV)
• Francisco - (Hamlet, The Tempest)
• Frederick - (As You Like It)
• George - (2 Henry VI)
• Gonzalo - (The Tempest)
• Gregory - (Romeo and Juliet)
• Henry - (King John, 1/2 Henry IV, Henry VIII, 1/2/3 Henry VI, Henry V)
• Hero - (Much Ado About Nothing)
• Hubert - (King John)
• John - (King John)
• Joseph - (The Taming of the Shrew)
• Justice - (Measure for Measure)
• Lance - (The Two Gentlemen of Verona)
• Leonardo - (The Merchant of Venice)
• Lorenzo - (The Merchant of Venice)
• Lucio - (Measure for Measure)
• Lucius - (Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, Timon of Athens)
• Marcellus - (Hamlet)
• Michael - (2 Henry VI, 1 Henry IV)
• Morgan - (Cymbeline)
• Octavius - (Julius Caesar)
• Oliver - (As You Like It)
• Oswald - (King Lear)
• Paris - (Romeo and Juliet, Troilus and Cressida)
• Peter - (2 Henry VI, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew)
• Philip - (The Taming of the Shrew, King John)
• Philo - (Antony and Cleopatra)
• Prospero - (The Tempest)
• Richard - (Richard II, Richard III)
• Robert - (King John)
• Sebastian - (The Tempest, Twelfth Night, The Two Gentlemen of Verona)
• Shaw - (Richard III)
• Timon - (Timon of Athens)
• Valentine - (Titus Andronicus, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night)
• Vincentio - (Measure for Measure, The Taming of the Shrew)
• William - (As You Like It)