Tuesday, April 23, 2013

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




3 comments:

Chris said...

Love this!! Great idea:)

I did a whole celebration of the Bard's bday yesterday on my blog....

http://campfiresandcleats.blogspot.com/2013/04/happy-birthday-to-bard-heres-some.html

and one of the many Shakespearean "things" in the post is the book The Quest for Shakespeare, which I love ( and need to reread but have not had the time!)
If you've not read it, Patrice, you would thoroughly enjoy it....

Have a great day..can't wait to get the book.:)

xoxox

Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur said...

Chris,

I am always amazed by the things you do in your homeschool!

Best wishes,
Patrice

Chris said...

Patrice
You're a doll to send such kind words my way!
Believe me, there are many reasons I am amazed by YOU!

xoxoxo
C
:)

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