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Shakespeare boy's names

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yorkie99 · 25/04/2020 09:54

My first baby came 2 weeks early and chose to arrive on Shakespeare's birthday this week! I'm an English teacher and love Shakespeare. I thought it might be an idea to give him a related middle name as tribute! Any ideas..?

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Hippopotas · 29/04/2020 22:39

Mercutio

EttasEden · 29/04/2020 22:36

Paris
Vincentio
Angelo
Duncan

Pixielou16 · 29/04/2020 22:27

Seth Malcolm would be lovely, especially with a Scottish last name.

soupforbrains · 26/04/2020 00:29

Demetrius, Lysander and Benedict would be my favourites.

Possibly Oberon too.

Would say probably don’t go for Macbeth, MacDuff, Romeo, Othello or Hamlet... maybe avoid Yorick...

BreasticlesNotTesticles · 26/04/2020 00:23

Troilus
Iago
Othello
Banquo

123Dancewithme · 26/04/2020 00:22

Tybalt

Tillygetsit · 26/04/2020 00:20

Bloody autocorrect. Lawrence.

Tillygetsit · 26/04/2020 00:19

Laurence would be my choice too @MercedesDeMonteChristo. Good call.

MashedSpud · 25/04/2020 14:19

Fleance.

MercedesDeMonteChristo · 25/04/2020 14:16

Lawrence - as in Friar

Wheresthebiffer2 · 25/04/2020 12:56

definitely choose William, very fitting.

Gigitree · 25/04/2020 12:50

Angelo
Lysander
Puck
Duncan
Malcolm
Sebastian

Ellmau · 25/04/2020 12:41

Ferdinand
Orlando

87Callista · 25/04/2020 12:24

How lovely, congratulations!

Romeo
Benedick
Othello
Adrian
Antony
Cassius
Joseph
Nicholas
Priest😂
Vernon

TheSheepofWallSt · 25/04/2020 12:09

@yorkie99

Ah me too! Been thinking about moving to the village but Covid put paid to that Angry

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yorkie99 · 25/04/2020 12:04

@TheSheepofWallSt I live really near to Saltaire! Would forever be thinking of that pie scene though!

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bridgetreilly · 25/04/2020 11:36

Oberon
Orlando
Mercutio
Prospero
Benedick

TommyShelby · 25/04/2020 11:32

I’ve always liked the name Iago...I mean he’s not exactly a good guy but hey ho! 😂 similarly Balthasar. But it does sound a bit like a name for an old English sheepdog

Twisique · 25/04/2020 10:52

Capulet
Shakespeare

Mumma4262 · 25/04/2020 10:36

I think William is a great choice and more discreet rather than the more obvious “Romeo” or similar.

TheSheepofWallSt · 25/04/2020 10:36

Titus is a great name- also see Titus Salt the industrialist who founded Saltaire in Yorkshire.

Shame that the character isnt great but if it’s just about the name... it’s a good one!

Reginabambina · 25/04/2020 10:31

Crisis posted. I that case I guess it doesn’t really matter. Caliban would go well with Seth. Or Horatio.

Reginabambina · 25/04/2020 10:29

It’s difficult, to be perfectly honest o struggle to think of a make Shakespeare character that I don’t dislike or find questionable at the very least. I would just opt for William.

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yorkie99 · 25/04/2020 10:29

Thanks all. His first name is Seth and my surname is a Scottish Macxxxxxxx

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