The Gems and Jewels of Shakespeare Names Pt Two
Here comes part two, the tragedies.
Romeo and Juliet
Juliet (obviously)
Rosaline
**And I have to mention that using Capulet as a first name intrigues me.
Coriolanus
Volumnia
Virgilia
Valeria
Titus Andronicus
Lavinia
Tamora
Julius Caesar
Calpurnia (I also love this because of To Kill a Mockingbird)
Portia
Hamlet
Gertrude
Ophelia
Troilus and Cressida
Cressida (my second favorite Shakespearean name after Lucetta)
Cassandra
Helen
King Lear
Regan (a surprisingly tryndee choice for Shakespeare, wouldn’t you say?)
Goneril (not one I would ever, ever use)
Cordelia
Othello
Desdemona
Emilia
Bianca
Antony and Cleopatra
Cleopatra (guilty pleasure)
Octavia
Charmian
Iras
Cymbeline
Cymbeline (even though it’s a male in the play, I love this on a girl)
Imogen/Innogen
Helen
And that completes the tragedies. I left out Macbeth and Timon of Athens because, again, they lacked female characters with names. Enjoy!
—Lucy
