Happy (belated) Birthday, Mr. William Shakespeare

It was William Shakespeare's birthday the other day, so I thought it would be fun to do a blog post about his character's names! Let's begin....


Adriana
Origin: Italian
Meaning: "dark; dark one"
Adriana's Popularity in 2011: #132

Desdemona
Origin: Greek
Meaning: "ill-starred"

Imogen
Origin: Greek
Meaning: "beloved child"

Kate
Origin: English
Meaning: "pure"
Kate's Popularity in 2011: #175

Juliet
Origin: English from French
Meaning: "youthful"
Juliet's Popularity in 2011: #252

Lavinia
Origin: Latin

Cressida
Origin: Greek
Meaning: "gold"

Ophelia
Origin: Greek
Meaning: "help"

Rosalind
Origin: German or Spanish
Meaning: "tender horse or pretty rose"

Nerissa
Origin: Greek
Meaning: "from the sea"


Angelo
Origin: Italian
Meaning: "angel, messenger"
Angelo's Popularity in 2011: #298

Isidore
Origin: Greek
Meaning: "gift of Isis"

Romeo
Origin: Italian
Meaning: "pilgrim to Rome, Roman"
Romeo's Popularity in 2011: #360

Ross
Origin: "Scottish"
Meaning: "upland, peninsula"
Ross' Popularity in 2011: #934

Caius
Origin: Latin
Meaning: "rejoice"

Griffith
Origin: Welsh
Meaning: "strong fighter"

Lennox
Origin: Scottish
Meaning: "elm grove"
Lennox's Popularity in 2011: #823

Lincoln
Origin: English
Meaning: "town by the pool"
Lincoln's Popularity in 2011: #178

Nathaniel
Origin: Hebrew
Meaning: "gift of God"
Nathaniel's Popularity in 2011: #84

Thane
Origin: Scottish
Meaning: "clan chieftain"