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Can you name the Top 1000 Baby Names (2010) That Are Also Shakespeare Characters?
created by
njb042
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Some names swap gender. I included names that were part of a title, so if there was a Duke of Jason, "Jason" and "Duke" would be included.
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Social Security Administration: Popular Baby Names.
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Baby Names From Shakespeare Quiz
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Created Jul 4, 2011 in
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Featured Jul 24, 2011
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angevin
:
Jul 5th, 2011 at 07:35 GMT
3 points
"Isabella" should be on here, too, surely; it's currently the most popular baby name, as well as the name of the heroine of
Measure for Measure.
(Also, historically, the name of the Queen in
Richard II
, but this isn't actually mentioned in the play.)
njb042
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Jul 5th, 2011 at 08:01 GMT
4 points
Complete oversight, thanks for pointing it out, I'm adding Isabella now!
LOLJunkie
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Jul 7th, 2011 at 02:35 GMT
2 points
Laurence/Lawrence should be on here. I just looked it up, and it is #63 for boys.
sunshinegirl67
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Jul 7th, 2011 at 04:53 GMT
1 point
Still wondering about the census data on Mercutio. Great quiz :)
njb042
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Jul 7th, 2011 at 20:31 GMT
2 points
I just looked up Laurence again, too. With a W, it would be on the list (at 458 in 2010, according to http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi), but Shakespeare spelled it with a U, which was not in the top 1000 for the last 10 years. Find me a source where he spelled it with a W and I'll add it
Triffid
:
Jul 8th, 2011 at 12:10 GMT
2 points
Quibbling over spellings is ridiculous in this context. Spelling was arbitrary until long after Shakespeare's time. He spelled his own name in a variety of ways.
njb042
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Jul 8th, 2011 at 13:48 GMT
4 points
It's a slippery slope. I'd have to go back through the entire list again, checking for alternate spellings. SHould I add "Alexis" since there's an "Alexas" in Antony & Cleopatra, or "Bernardo" for "Barnardo"?
slamb
:
Jul 8th, 2011 at 22:08 GMT
1 point
The combination of red and gray is very hard to read. Can you fix this?
njb042
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Jul 9th, 2011 at 06:15 GMT
2 points
Lawrence is now a bonus answer. I think the red text is standard on all sporcle quizzes, I don't know how to change it, I tweaked the background color, hope it helps.
Haunter
:
Jul 13th, 2011 at 23:38 GMT
2 points
Haha Porter, Gunner, Justice, Princess, and King
Game published: Jul 24th, 2011 at 04:03 GMT
Mogilny
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 04:34 GMT
37 points
My son, Banquo, will be severely disappointed.
Gadgetron
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 04:51 GMT
7 points
I was hoping Shylock might have made the cut
cds1990
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 05:12 GMT
10 points
I gave up way too early and didn't even guess Elizabeth...which is my name...
RodeoJoe
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 05:37 GMT
2 points
You forgot Jane (as in Lady Jane Grey), which ranked at #384 according to your source.
High_Fidelity
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 05:57 GMT
17 points
How about Robin (Puck's full name in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is Robin Goodfellow)?
Colmar
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 06:01 GMT
10 points
Tatiana and Oberon jokes aside, I am surprised that 'Portia' is not popular enough to be on this quiz!
JulieD
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 09:05 GMT
10 points
Well, at least no one seems to name their kid "Bastard".
slamb
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 10:00 GMT
11 points
I'm very glad that "Goneril" did not make the list.
muse
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 10:28 GMT
2 points
Wow i tried my 3 kids name and was surprised ross was there!
zyzzyva
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 10:31 GMT
15 points
i can't believe cordelia didn't make the list but "princess" did
hamstrung
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 12:09 GMT
20 points
Poor Yorick didn't stand a chance.
mrdhenshaw
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 12:22 GMT
4 points
Who is calling their son Gunner?
indianwolf1992
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 12:55 GMT
3 points
People call their kids Lennox but not Caliban! Outrage!
Hamlet
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 13:02 GMT
4 points
@RodeoJoe Lady Jane Grey isn't a character in Shakespeare.
Hamlet
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 13:12 GMT
11 points
In "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Bottom's first name is Nick. Surely that should be on the list.
JacketFan
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 14:27 GMT
5 points
I was sure Portia and Ophelia would be there.
WCRoentgen
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 14:54 GMT
12 points
Ckearly a much easier quiz would be to name Shakespearean characters whose names are NOT in the top 1000.
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itswhatiam
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 16:12 GMT
-11 points
I don't see 1000 names on that list?
NotThere
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 18:23 GMT
1 point
I am outraged that I don't see Picard on this list!
njb042
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 18:32 GMT
4 points
I agree, Portia is far too good of a name to have fallen out of the top 1000.
Chocolatl
:
Jul 24th, 2011 at 22:55 GMT
1 point
Justice? Really?
M_C_HAMEL
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Jul 25th, 2011 at 00:13 GMT
3 points
@itswhatiam: thats because its the names from shakespeare that are in the top 1000 names of all babies, not the top 1000 shakepeare names.
kristifree
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Jul 25th, 2011 at 00:18 GMT
-2 points
Why is Lawrence a bonus? What am I not understanding here?
midnight_dreary
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Jul 25th, 2011 at 00:31 GMT
3 points
My fave shakespearian name is Ophelia. Kind of sad its not up there.
ktappe
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Jul 25th, 2011 at 00:37 GMT
1 point
"London" has to be my favorite. OMG, the poor kids.
sora_
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Jul 25th, 2011 at 12:30 GMT
1 point
there is a jessica in a shakespeare play? which one?
baseballer4
:
Jul 25th, 2011 at 13:39 GMT
2 points
Nobody thought their daughter would be respected with a name like "Lady Macbeth" i guess...
debondair
:
Jul 25th, 2011 at 18:19 GMT
4 points
@sora_ The Merchant of Venice
20legend
:
Jul 25th, 2011 at 23:12 GMT
1 point
What about Phoebe from As You Like It?
dazzled505
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Jul 26th, 2011 at 06:13 GMT
-1 points
who is naming their kid Roman?...
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