SHAKESPEARE  

Gender: M
Origin: English
Meaning: "brandish spear"

No: no Picasso, no Beethoven, and no Shakespeare.

Shakespeare is being discussed in our message boards:

• Cheaper By the Dozen
• Reagan as a girls' name?
• new game buuild a family together
• Which Rose Name? Help!
• Since everyone else is doing it...

Read Nameberry blog posts about Shakespeare:

• HOORAY FOR HENRY: The quirky classic that manages to stay cool
• U NAME IT: Utterly unusual, unique and underused 'U' names
• AFRICAN-AMERICAN NAMES: Early Classical Choices
• UNDERRATED NAMES, PART DEUX
• IS THERE STILL SUCH A THING AS A "SISSY" NAME?