Of the three witches, none is ever named. Hecate (the queen of witches) appears briefly to remonstrate with them about their acting without her sanction where Macbeth is concerned. However, it is generally thought that Shakespeare did not write this scene, but that Thomas Middleton did.

Only one of the witches in Macbeth is named, Hecate, who may be viewed as the leader of the coven. The fact that the others remain nameless adds to their mysteriousness. See Act 3, Scene 5, for Hecate's interaction with the other witches.