| Shakespearean baby names begining from B |
| Bagot |
 | 'King Richard The Second' A favorite of King Richard. |
| Balthasar |
| 'The Merchant of Venice' Servant to Portia. 'Much Ado About Nothing' Attendant on Don Pedro. 'The Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet' Servant to Romeo. |
| Balthazar |
| 'The Comedy of Errors' A merchant. |
| Banquo |
| 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' Thane of Lochaber, a general in the King Duncan's army. After his murder, his ghost appears to Macbeth. |
| Baptista |
 | 'The Taming of the Shrew' Baptista Minola, a gentleman of Padua. |
| Bardolph |
| 'King Henry IV, Part 1 and 2' An irregular humorist. 'King Henry IV, Part 2' Lord Bardolph, retainer of Northumberland. 'King Henry V' Soldier in the King's army. 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' A Follower of Falstaff. |
| Barnardine |
| 'Measure for Measure' A dissolute prisoner. |
| Bassanio |
| 'The Merchant of Venice' Friend to Antonia, who borrows from Antonio to pursue his successful suit for Portia. |
| Basset |
| 'Henry VI, Part 1' Member of the Red Rose or Lancaster faction. |
| Bassianus |
| 'The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus' Brother to Saturninus. |
| Bates |
| 'King Henry V' Soldier in the King's army. |
| Beatrice |
 | 'Much Ado About Nothing' Niece to Leonato. |
| Beaufort |
| 'Henry VI, Part 1' Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, great-uncle to king Henry VI, Bishop of Winchester, and afterwards, in 'Henry VI, Part 2', Cardinal Beaufort. Cardinal. 'Henry VI, Part 1' John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, afterwards Duke. |
| Bedford |
| 'King Henry V' Duke of Bedford, brother to the King. 'Henry VI, Part 1' Duke of Bedford, uncle to King Henry VI, and Regent of France. |
| Belarius |
| 'Cymbeline' A banished lord, disguised under the name of Morgan. |
| Belch |
| 'Twelfth Night', also called 'What You Will' Sir Toby Belch, uncle of Olivia. |
| Benedick |
| 'Much Ado About Nothing' A Young lord of Padua. |
| Benvolio |
| 'The Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet' Nephew to Montague, and friend to Romeo. |
| Berkeley |
| 'King Richard The Second' Earl Berkeley. 'King Richard III' A gentleman attending on Lady Anne. |
| Bernardo |
| 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' An officer. |
| Berowne |
| 'Love's Labours Lost' Lord attending on King Ferdinand. |
| Bertram |
| 'All's Well That Ends Well.' Count of Rousillon. |
| Bevis |
| 'Henry VI, Part 2' George Bevis. |
| Bianca |
| 'The Tragedy of Othello' Mistress of Cassio. 'The Taming of the Shrew' Daughter to Baptista, sister to Katherina. |
| Bigot |
| 'King John' Lord Bigot. |
| Biondello |
| 'The Taming of the Shrew' A servant to Lucentio. |
| Blanch |
| 'King John' Blanch of Spain, daughter to the King of Castile and niece to King John. |
| Blount |
| 'King John' James Jurney, servant to Lady Faulconbridge. 'King Richard III' Sir James Tyrrel. 'King Richard III' Sir James Blount. |
| Blunt |
| 'King Henry IV, Part 1' Sir Walter Blunt. 'King Henry IV, Part 2' One of the King's party. |
| Bolingbroke |
| 'Henry VI, Part 2' Roger Bolingbroke, a conjurer. 'King Richard II' Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford, later 'King Henry IV" |
| Bona |
| 'King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Sister to the French Queen. |
| Borachio |
| 'Much Ado About Nothing' Follower of Don John. |
| Bottom |
| 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Bottom, a weaver, acts as Pyramus in the play within the play. |
| Boult |
| 'Pericles, Prince of Tyre' Servant to the Pander. |
| Bourbon |
| 'King Henry V' Duke of Bourbon. |
| Bourchier |
| 'King Richard III' Cardinal Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury. |
| Boyet |
| 'Love's Labours Lost' Lord attending on the Princess of France. |
| Brabantio |
| 'The Tragedy of Othello' Venetian Senator, father of Desdemona. |
| Brakenbury |
| 'King Henry IV, Part 2' Robert Shallow, a country justice. 'King John' Robert Faulconbridge, and his father, Sir Robert Faulconbridge. 'King Richard III' Sir Robert Brakenbury, Lieutenant of the Tower. |
| Brandon |
| 'Henry VI, 2' Sir John Stanley. 'Henry VI, Part III' Sir William Stanley. 'As You Like It' A country fellow, in love with Audrey. 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' A boy, son to Page. 'Richard III' Sir William Catesby. 'Richard III' Sir William Brandon. |
| Britaine |
| 'King Henry V' and 'King John' Arthur, Duke of Britaine. |
| Brutus |
| 'The Tragedy of Coriolanus.' Junius Brutus, Tribune of the People. 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' Decius Brutus, a conspirator against Caesar. |
| Buckingham |
| 'Henry VI, Part 2' and 'King Henry the Eighth' Duke of Buckingham. 'King Richard III' Duke of Buckingham. |
| Bullcalf |
| 'King Henry IV, Part 2' Peter Bullcalf, a country soldier. |
| Burgundy |
| 'King Henry V' and 'Henry VI, Part 1' and 'Tragedy of King Lear' Duke of Burgundy. |
| Bushy |
| 'King Richard The Second' A favorite of King Richard. |
| Butts |
| 'King Henry the Eighth' Doctor Butts, physician to the King. |
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