Unlike the moons of the other planets in our Solar System, the sattelites of Uranus are named (primarily) for Shakespearean characters: Cordelia (King Lear), Ophelia (Hamlet), Bianca (Taming of the Shrew); Cressida (Troilus and Cressida); Desdemona (Othello); Juliet (Romeo and Juliet); Portia (Julius Caesar); Rosalind (As You Like It); Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream); Miranda (The Tempest); Ariel (The Tempest); Titania (A Midsummer Night's Dream); Oberon (A Midsummer Night's Dream); Caliban (The Tempest); Sycorax (The Tempest); Prospero (The Tempest); Setebos (The Tempest); Stephano (The Tempest).

Caliban wasn't "discovered" until 1997, but followed the pattern in acquiring its name.