Shakespeare Names for Girls

There are 23 Shakespeare names for baby girls. Displayed on this page are Shakespeare names 1 to 20. Within these names, Olivia (English, German, and Italian) was the most popular in 2007, followed in descending order by Julia (English, German, Portuguese, and Spanish), Jessica (English and German), Miranda (English, German, and Italian), Helen (English), Marina (English, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Scottish, and Spanish), Maeve (English and Irish), and Judith (English, French, and German). The unusual Shakespeare names are Blanche (English and French), Charmian (English), Cleopatra (English), Cordelia (English and German), Cressida (English), Imogen (English), Livia (English, German, and Italian), Lucrecia (English), Nerissa (English), Ophelia (English, German, and Italian), Perdita (English and German), and Portia (English).

Shakespeare names are popular as baby girl names. Their usage peaked in 1917 with 4.222% of baby girls being given Shakespeare names. Within the top 1000 baby names then, there were 9 Shakespeare names. The names have slipped in popularity since then, and they are of moderate use in recent times. In 2007, their total usage was only 1.600% with 9 Shakespeare names listed among the top 1000. Among all Shakespeare names, Olivia (English, German, and Italian) was the most widely used, with a ranking of #7 and a usage of 0.7835%.

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Blanche ... white, bright, beautiful ... form Bianca was used by Shakespeare for the sister of the ...

Charmian ... delight ... English speakers after Shakespeare used it as the name of ...

Cleopatra ... father's glory ... was immortalized by Shakespeare in Antony and Cleopatra ...

Cordelia ... little heart; heart ... faithful daughter in Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear ...

Cressida ... daughter of Chryses; ... as told by Chaucer and Shakespeare among others ...

Helen 348 ... bright one, shining ... in the William Shakespeare plays Troilus and ...

Imogen ... daughter, girl; innocent ... William Shakespeare play Cymbeline (1609) referred to a ...

Jessica 42 ... God beholds, foresight ... name was first used by Shakespeare in naming the daughter ...

Judith 653 ... woman from Judea ... daughter of William Shakespeare also bore the name in ...

Julia 34 ... Jupiter's child, downy ... by a character in the Shakespeare play Two Gentlemen of ...

Livia ... bluish, lead-colored; ... including the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet ...

Lucrecia ... story was retold in the Shakespeare play The Rape of ...

Maeve 619 ... intoxicating, she who ... also appeared in the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet ...

Marina 464 ... of the sea ... the name was used by Shakespeare for his play Pericles, ...

Miranda 154 ... adorable ... it was invented by Shakespeare for the daughter of ...

Nerissa ... sea nymph ... was first invented by Shakespeare for the maiden girl in ...

Olivia 7 ... olive tree ... was first used by Shakespeare as the name of the ...

Ophelia ... help, profit; serpent ... name was later used by Shakespeare for the beautiful but ...

Perdita ... lost ... was first coined by Shakespeare for one of the heroines ...

Portia ... hog, pig ... of the same name in the Shakespeare play The Merchant of ...