270 Shakespeare-Inspired Dog Names: Find the Perfect One

But soft! What name for thy pupper will you take? These 270 Shakespearean names are the best: how can you pick just one?

Have a love for the written word? Check out these Shakespeare-inspired names for your dog below!

Shakespearean names for female dogs

• Adrian
  
• Adriana
  
• Alice
  
• Aliena
  
• Audrey
  
• Baptista
  
• Beatrice
  
• Bianca
  
• Blanche
  
• Callie
  
• Calpurnia
  
• Cassandra
  
• Cassie
  
• Celia
  
• Ceres
  
• Cleo
  
• Cleopatra
  
• Cobweb
• Cordelia
  
• Cupid
  
• Ophelia
  
• Cymbeline
  
• Desdemona
  
• Diana
  
• Dion
  
• Dionyza
  
• Dolabella
  
• Duchess
  
• Eleanor
  
• Elizabeth
  
• Emilia
  
• Francisca
  
• Gertrude
  
• Grey
  
• Helen
  
• Helena
  
• Helena
  
• Hermia
  
• Hermione
  
• Imogen
  
• Iris
  
• Isabella
  
• Isidore
  
• Jacquenetta
  
• Jane
  
• Jessica
  
• Joan
  
• Julia
  
• Juliet
  
• Juno
  
• Jupiter
  
• Kate
  
• Katharine
  
• Katherina
  
• Katherine
  
• Lavinia
  
• Leonine
  
• Luce
  
• Luciana
  
• Lucia
  
• Margaret
  
• Maria
  
• Mariana
  
• Miranda
  
• Mona
  
• Morgan
  
• Octavia
  
• Olivia
  
• Ophelia
  
• Paulina
  
• Phebe
  
• Portia
  
• Regen
  
• Robin
  
• Rosalind
  
• Rosaline
  
• Rose
  
• Silvia
  
• Tamora
  
• Tatiana
  
• Titania
  
• Ursula
  
• Valentine
  
• Valeria
  
• Verona
  
• Viola
  

Shakespearean names for male dogs

• Aaron
  
• Abbott
  
• Abhorson
  
• Abraham
  
• Abram
  
• Achilles
  
• Adam
  
• Adrian
  
• Aediles
  
• Aemilius
  
• Aeneas
  
• Agrippa
  
• Ajax
  
• Alarbas
  
• Albany
  
• Alexander
  
• Alexas
  
• Alonso
  
• Andronicus
  
• Angelo
  
• Angus
  
• Antenor
  
• Antonio
  
• Antony
  
• Arogon
  
• Ariel
  
• Arthur
  
• Bagot
  
• Balthasar
  
• Banquo
  
• Bardolph
  
• Barnardo
  
• Bartholomew
  
• Basset
  
• Benedick
  
• Benvolio
  
• Berkeley
  
• Berri
  
• Bertram
  
• Bishop
  
• Bottom
  
• Borachio
  
• Brandon
  
• Brutus
  
• Buckingham
  
• Bushy
  
• Cade
  
• Caius
  
• Caliban
  
• Canterbury
  
• Caesar
  
• Camillo
  
• Capulet
  
• Cassio
  
• Cassius
  
• Catesby
  
• Cato
  
• Cesario
  
• Charles
  
• Cicero
  
• Clarence
  
• Claudio
  
• Claudius
  
• Clifford
  
• Corin
  
• Corin
  
• Cornelius
  
• Crab (Launce's dog in the Two Gentleman of Verona!)
  
• Curan
  
• Curtis
  
• Davy
  
• Decius
  
• Demetrius
  
• Dennis
  
• Derby
  
• Diomedes
  
• Dion
  
• Donalbain
  
• Douglas
  
• Duncan
  
• Earl
  
• Edgar
  
• Edmund
  
• Edward
  
• Egeon
  
• Egeus
  
• Emmanuel
  
• Fabian
  
• Fang
  
• Fenton
  
• Feste
  
• Ferdinand
  
• Flavius
  
• Fleance
  
• Fortinbras
  
• Francis
  
• Francisco
  
• Fred
  
• Frederick
  
• Freddy
  
• Friar
  
• George
  
• Gerald
  
• Gobbo
  
• Gonzalo
  
• Grey
  
• Griffith
  
• Guildenstern
  
• Gunner
  
• Hal
  
• Hamlet
  
• Hector
  
• Henry
  
• Hero
  
• Horatio
  
• Hubert
  
• Iago
  
• Jamy
  
• Jaques
  
• John
  
• Joseph
  
• Julius
  
• Justice
  
• Laertes
  
• Lance
  
• Launcelot
  
• Lennox
  
• Leonardo
  
• Lincoln
  
• Lorzenzo
  
• Lucio
  
• Lucius
  
• Lysander
  
• Macbeth
  
• Malcolm
  
• Marcellus
  
• Marcus
  
• Mercutio
  
• Michael
  
• Montague (or Monty for short!)
  
• Morgan
  
• Mortimer
  
• Morton
  
• Morty
  
• Nell
  
• Oberon
  
• Octavius
  
• Oliver
  
• Oswald
  
• Orlando
  
• Oswald
  
• Othello
  
• Paris
  
• Peter
  
• Petruchio
  
• Phillip
  
• Philo
  
• Pistol
  
• Polonius
  
• Prospero
  
• Puck
  
• Regan
  
• Reynaldo
  
• Richard
  
• Robert
  
• Robin
  
• Roderigo
  
• Romeo
  
• Rosencrantz
  
• Ross
  
• Sebastian
  
• Shakespeare
• Shaw
  
• Silvius
  
• Stephano
  
• Timon
  
• Titinius
  
• Toby
  
• Tybalt
  
• Ulysses
  
• Usher
  
• Valentine
  
• Vincent
  
• William

Do you need more inspiration for your new pet’s name?

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