Romeo seems to be using the word name in two senses.

Romeo and juliet name meaning. French Baby Names Meaning. Beyond Romeo and Juliet. The plays of William Shakespeare are a mother lode of wonderful names rich and diverse drawing from the history and mythology of ancient Greece and Rome tales of Renaissance Italy the royal courts and noble estates of England and Scotland not to mention those that sprung from the playwrights.

What is in a name means name of a thing does not matter as much as the quality of the thing. Since there parents are enemies why couldnt Romeo have a different name and be a Capulet in that way they can be together without all the problems. By my head here comes the Capulets.

Significance- Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven having some business do entreat her eyes to twinkle in their spheres till they return Romeo is comparing Juliets beauty to the stars and to the heavens. Juliet is not allowed to associate with Romeo because he is a Montague. This provides a comparison through which the audience can see the seriousness of Romeo and Juliets love and marriage.

That implied between the Nurse and her late husband a love that had as its basis a kind of connectedness and openness that is notably absent in the other relationships depicted or implied. Or so he thinks in his despair. In other words Juliet asks why Romeo is even called Romeo She asks him to renounce his name and his father in doing so.

Call me but love and Ill be new baptized. His name Romeo Montague is the the name of an enemy of the Capulets and his name reputation as the murderer of Juliets cousin also makes him hateful to Juliet. Balcony Scene Glossary 22 doff thy name 49 ie discard your name of Montague.

I take thee at thy word. Shakespeare used this phrase in his famous play Romeo and Juliet. If he had any other name it would be fine.