Robert Downey Jr. and his wife Susan welcomed their baby boy into the world on Tuesday February 7th in Los Angeles. He surprised his wife earlier this year when he revealed the baby’s gender on Jay Leno’s night show. But he managed to keep the name to himself until after he was born: Exton Elias Downey. The couple have yet to reveal the meaning behind the unique name choice. It could be that the Downeys are fans of Shakespeare and chose the name based on Sir Pierce of Exton from his Richard II.
Elias is Hebrew, Greek and English in origin and means My God is the Lord. Robert Downey Jr. Has an 18-year-old son who also has a unique name: Indio.
If you love Shakespeare, here are some names that are a little more (ahem) mainstream than Exton:
Adam – As You Like It
Angus – Macbeth
Anne – Henry VII
Anthony– Henry VII
Antonio – TheTempest, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Merchant of Venice
Ariel – The Tempest
Audrey – As You Like It
Beatrice – Much Ado About Nothing
Bianca – Othello
Bianca – Taming of the Shrew
Brandon– Henry VII
Cassio – Othello
Charles – As You Like It
Claudio – Much Ado About Nothing
Corin – As You Like It
Curtis – Taming of the Shrew
Dennis – As You Like It
Duncan – Macbeth
Emilia – Othello
Francisco – Hamlet
Frederick – As You Like It
Helena – A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Henry – Henry VII
Iris – The Tempest
Jessica – Merchant of Venice
Joseph – Taming of the Shrew
Julia – The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Juliet – Romeo and Juliet
Katherina – Taming of the Shrew
Katherine – Henry VII
Lennox – Macbeth
Leonardo – Merchant of Venice
Malcolm – Macbeth
Margaret – Much Ado About Nothing
Miranda – The Tempest
Nathanial – Taming of the Shrew
Nerissa – Merchant of Venice
Nicholas – Taming of the Shrew
Nicholas – Henry VII
Oliver – As You Like It
Ophelia – Hamlet
Orlando – As You Like It
Patience – Henry VII
Peter – Taming of the Shrew
Phillip – Taming of the Shrew
Portia – Merchant of Venice
Romeo – Romeo and Juliet
Rosalind – As You Like It
Ross – Macbeth
Sebastian – The Tempest
Siliva – The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Stephano – Merchant of Venice
Thomas – Henry VII
William – As You Like It
Originally Published at Yummy Mummy Club.