Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin	Similar
Volumnius	'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar' Supportor of Brutus.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Wales	'King Henry IV, Part 1 and 2' Edward Poins, an irregular humorist. 'Henry VI, Part 2' Son of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York. 'King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Edward, Prince of Wales, son to King Henry VI.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Wall	'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Snout, a tinker, acts as Wall in the play within the play.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Walter	'King Henry IV, Part 1' Sir Walter Blunt. 'Henry VI, Part 2' Walter Whitmore. 'King Richard III' Sir Walter Herbert.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Wart	'King Henry IV, Part 2' Thomas Wart, a country soldier.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Warwick	'King Henry IV, Part 2', 'Henry V' and 'King Henry the Sixth, Part I, II and III' Earl of Warwick, one of the King's party. 'King Richard III' Edward, Duke of Warwick, a young son of Clarence. 'King Richard III' Edward, Earl of Warwick.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Westminster	'King Richard The Second' Abbot of Westminster.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Westmoreland	'King Henry IV, Part 1 and 2' Henry V. Earl of Westmoreland, one of the King's party. 'King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Earl of Westmoreland.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Whitmore	'King Henry IV, Part 1' Sir Walter Blunt. 'Henry VI, Part 2' Walter Whitmore.	Male	Shakespearean	-
William	'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.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Williams	'King Henry V' Soldier in the King's army.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Willoughby	'King Richard The Second' Lord Willoughby.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Winchester	'Henry VI, I' Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, Henry VI's great-uncle, Bishop of Winchester, cardinal in 'Henry VI, Part 2'. 'Henry VI, Part 1' John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, later Duke. 'King Henry VIII' Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Wolsey	'King Henry the Eighth' Cardinal Campeius.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Woodville	'Henry VI, Part 1' Lieutenant of the Tower.	Male	Shakespearean	-
Worcester	'King Henry IV, Part 1' Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester.	Male	Shakespearean	-
York	Henry V and VI: Richard Plantagenet, later Duke of York. His son, Richard. 'Henry IV, 1' Richard Scroop, Archbishop of York. Sir Richard Vernon. 'Richard II' The king. Richard, Duke of York, Edward IV's son. 'Richard III' Archbishop of York.	Male	Shakespearean	-

York Archibald	1' Earl of March. Scroop 'King Henry IV, Part 1' The Earl of	Male	Shakespearean	-