| Shakespearean baby names begining from R |
| Ralph |
 | 'King Henry IV, Part 2' Ralph Mouldy, a country soldier. |
| Rambures |
 | 'King Henry V' A French Lord. |
| Ratchiff |
 | 'Henry IV' Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York. Sir Richard Vernon. 'King Henry V' & 'Henry VI, 1, 2, & 3', Richard Plantagenet. His son, Richard. 'Richard II'. 'Richard III' Richard, Duke of York, Edward IV's son. Sir Richard Ratcliff. |
| Regan |
 | 'Tragedy of King Lear' Daughter to King Lear. |
| Reignier |
 | 'Henry VI, Part 1' Reignier, Duke of Anjou, and titular King of Naples. |
| Reynaldo |
 | 'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' A servant to Polonius. |
| Richard |
 | 'Henry IV' Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York. Sir Richard Vernon. 'King Henry V' & 'Henry VI, 1, 2, & 3', Richard Plantagenet. His son, Richard. 'Richard II'. 'Richard III' Richard, Duke of York, Edward IV's son. Sir Richard Ratcliff. |
| Richmond |
 | 'King Henry IV, 1 and 2' King Henry the Fourth. Also Henry (Hal), son to the king and Prince of Wales, who becomes king in part 2, and king in Henry V. 'King Henry the Sixth, Part III' King Henry the Sixth. Also Henry, Earl of Richmond, a youth. |
| Rivers |
 | 'King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Lord Rivers, brother to Lady Grey. 'King Richard III' Earl Rivers, brother to King Edward's Queen. |
| Robert |
 | '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. |
| Robin |
 | 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, mischievous fairy. |
| Robin |
 | 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' Page to Falstaff. |
| Roderigo |
 | 'The Tragedy of Othello' Rejected suitor of Desdemona. |
| Roger |
 | 'Henry VI, Part 2' Roger Bolingbroke, a conjurer. |
| Romeo |
 | 'The Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet' Son to Montague, who falls in love with Juliet, the daughter to Capulet. |
| Rosalind |
 | 'As You Like It' Daughter to the banished Duke. |
| Rosaline |
 | 'Love's Labours Lost' A lady attending on the Princess of France. |
| Ross |
 | 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' A nobleman of Scotland. 'King Richard The Second' Lord Ross. |
| Rotherham |
 | 'King Richard III' Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York. |
| Rugby |
 | 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' Servant to Doctor Caius. |
| Rumour |
 | 'King Henry IV, Part 2' The play's presenter. |
| Rutland |
 | 'King Henry IV, Part 1' Earl of March. Scroop. 'King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Edmund, Earl of Rutland and son to Richard Plantagenet. |
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