Benvolio

English Literary

Derived from the English place name, meaning Bede's ford. Most frequently used as a surname. A literary name from Shakespeare's King Henry V, where it belongs to duke of Bedford, brother to the King. 'Henry VI, Part 1' Duke of Bedford, uncle to King Henry VI, and Regent of France.

Literary

A literary name from Shakespeare's Cymbeline, where it belongs to a banished lord, disguised under the name of Morgan.

Literary

A literary name from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, where it belongs to , also called 'What You Will' Sir Toby Belch, uncle of Olivia.

English Latin Literary

A variant of Benedict, meaning blessed, given to a Shakespearian character in the play Much Ado About Nothing. Blessed. 15 popes have been named Benedict. The Benedictines monastical order. Shakespeare's witty bachelor Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. A literary name from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, where it belongs to a Young lord of Padua.

Anglo-Saxon English Irish Literary

From the birch meadow. Derived from the Old English for birch-wood. Used as a surname more frequently than a first name. Lives at the birch tree meadow. The birch tree meadow. Also see Barclay and Burke. A literary name from Shakespeare's King Richard The Second, where it belongs to earl Berkeley. 'King Richard III' A gentleman attending on Lady Anne.

German Italian Literary Portuguese Spanish

Brave as a bear. A literary name from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, where it belongs to an officer. Strong as a bear.

Literary

A literary name from Shakespeare's Love, where it belongs to s Labours Lost' Lord attending on King Ferdinand.

Arthurian Legend English German Literary Teutonic

A knight. Introduced to Britian during the Norman Conquest, a variant of the German Bertram. Bright raven. From an Old German name meaning bright-raven, or glorious raven. All's Well That Ends Well.' Count of Rousillon. Shining raven.