Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin	Similar
Philotus	'The Life of Timon of Athens' Timon's servant.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Pierce	'King Richard The Second' Sir Pierce of Exton.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Pinch	'The Comedy of Errors' A schoolmaster.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Pindarus	'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' A servant to Cassius.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Pisanio	'Cymbeline' A servant to Posthumus.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Pistol	'King Henry IV, Part 2' An irregular humorist. In Henry V, Pistol is a soldier in the King's army. 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' A Follower of Falstaff.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Plantagenet	'King Henry IV, Part 1' Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York. 'King Henry IV, Part 1' Sir Richard Vernon. Falstaff. 'Henry VI, Part 1 and 2', 'King Henry V', Richard Plantagenet, afterwards Duke of York, cousin to King Henry V.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Poins	'King Henry IV, Part 1 and 2' Edward Poins, an irregular humorist.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Polixenes	'The Winter's Tale' King of Bohemia	Male	Shakespearean	-
Polonius	'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' Lord Chamberlain.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Pompeius	'Antony and Cleopatra'. Sextus Pompeius, Roman triumvir.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Pompey	'Measure for Measure' A clown and servant to Mistress Overdone.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Popilius	'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' A senator.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Posthumus	'Cymbeline' Posthumus Leonatus, a gentleman and husband to Imogen.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Priam	'The History of Troilus and Cressida' King of Troy.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Proculeius	'Antony and Cleopatra'. Friend to Caesar.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Prologue	'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Quince, a carpenter, acts as Prologue in the play within the play.	Male	Shakespearean	-

Prospero	'The Tempest' The rightful Duke of Milan.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Proteus	'Two Gentlemen of Verona' One of the two gentlemen in the title.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Provost	'Measure for Measure'	Male	Shakespearean	-
Pyramus	'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Bottom, a weaver, acts as Pyramus in the play within the play.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Quince	'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Quince, a carpenter, acts as Prologue in the play within the play.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Quintus	'The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus' Son to Titus Andronicus.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Ralph	'King Henry IV, Part 2' Ralph Mouldy, a country soldier.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Rambures	'King Henry V' A French Lord.	Male	Shakespearean	-
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.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Reignier	'Henry VI, Part 1' Reignier, Duke of Anjou, and titular King of Naples.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Reynaldo	'Hamlet, Prince of Denmark' A servant to Polonius.	Male	Shakespearean	-
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.	Male	Shakespearean	-
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.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Rivers	'King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Lord Rivers, brother to Lady Grey. 'King Richard III' Earl Rivers, brother to King Edward's Queen.	Male	Shakespearean	-
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.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Robin	'The Merry Wives of Windsor' Page to Falstaff.	Male	Shakespearean	-

Roderigo	'The Tragedy of Othello' Rejected suitor of Desdemona.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Roger	'Henry VI, Part 2' Roger Bolingbroke, a conjurer.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Romeo	'The Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet' Son to Montague, who falls in love with Juliet, the daughter to Capulet.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Ross	'The Tragedy of Macbeth' A nobleman of Scotland. 'King Richard The Second' Lord Ross.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Rotherham	'King Richard III' Thomas Rotherham, Archbishop of York.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Rugby	'The Merry Wives of Windsor' Servant to Doctor Caius.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Rumour	'King Henry IV, Part 2' The play's presenter.	Male	Shakespearean	-
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.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Salerio	'The Merchant of Venice' Friend to Antonio and Bassanio.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Salisbury	'Henry VI, Part 1' and 'Henry VI, Part 2' Earl of Salisbury. 'King Henry the Sixth, Part III' and 'King John' Earl of Pembroke. 'King Richard The Second' Earl of Salisbury.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Salisbury M	'King Henry V' Earl of Salisbury.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Sampson	'The Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet' Servant to Capulet.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Sandys	'King Henry the Eighth' Lord Sandys.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Saturninus	'The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus' Son to the late Emperor of Rome, and afterwards Emperor.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Saunder	'Henry VI, Part 2' Saunder Simpcox, an impostor.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Say	'Henry VI, Part 2' Lord Say.	Male	Shakespearean	-

Scales	'Henry VI, Part 2' Lord Scales.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Scarus	'Antony and Cleopatra'. Friend to Mark Antony.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Scroop	'King Richard The Second' Sir Stephen Scroop.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Sebastian	'Twelfth Night', also called 'What You Will' Brother of Viola. 'The Tempest' Sebastian, brother to Alonso.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Seleucus	'Antony and Cleopatra'. Attendant on Cleopatra.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Sempronius	'The Life of Timon of Athens' 'The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus' Kinsman to Titus.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Servilius	'The Life of Timon of Athens'	Male	Shakespearean	-
Sextus	'Antony and Cleopatra'. Sextus Pompeius, Roman triumvir.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Seyton	'The Tragedy of Macbeth' Attendant to Macbeth.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Shadow	'King Henry IV, Part 2' Simon Shadow, a country soldier.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Shallow	'King Henry IV, Part 2' and 'The Merry Wives of Windsor' Robert Shallow, a country justice.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Shepherd	'The Winter's Tale' The reputed father of Perdita is an old shepherd in the play.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Shrewsbury	'Henry VI, Part 1' Lord Talbot, afterwards Earl of Shrewsbury.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Shylock	'The Merchant of Venice' A rich Jew who loans money to Antonio.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Sicinius	'The Tragedy of Coriolanus.' Sicinius Velutus, Tribune of the People.	Male	Shakespearean	-