Ah, musicians. Their creativity flows not only through the music they create, but also shines through the unique and quirky stage names and nicknames they make for themselves.
Fortunately for this list, those names can really capture a person’s (or dog’s) personality. Here are some of our favorite music-inspired things we think would make great dog names, too.
- Abba
- Arietta (a short melody)
- Beethoven
- Billie (Billie Eilish/Billie Holiday)
- Bing (Bing Crosby)
- Blink (Blink-182)
- Blondie
- Bono
- Brahms
- Broadway
- Bruno (Bruno Mars)
- Bublé (Michael Bublé)
- Cage (Cage the Elephant)
- Cambria (Coheed and Cambria)
- Cash (Johnny Cash)
- Charlie (Charlie Daniels)
- Charlotte (Good Charlotte)
- Chesney (Kenny Chesney)
- Chester (Chester Bennington)
- Chopin
- Clef (musical symbol)
- Cobain (Kurt Cobain)
- Cooper (Alice Cooper)
- Creedence (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
- Crosby (Bing Crosby)
- Cyrus (Miley/Billy Ray Cyrus)
- Danzig (The Misfits)
- Denver (John Denver)
- Dierks (Dierks Bentley)
- Iggy Azalea (Iggy Azalea)
- Dolly (Dolly Parton)
- Dylan (Bob Dylan)
- Dua Lipa
- Durk (Lil Durk)
- Ed (Ed Sheeran)
- Elton (Elton John)
- Elvis
- Floyd (Pink Floyd)
- Frank (Frank Sinatra)
- Franz (Franz Ferdinand)
- Fray (The Fray)
- Freddie (Freddie Mercury)
- Foo (Foo Fighters)
- Gabriel (Peter Gabriel)
- Garth (Garth Brooks)
- Gotye
- Hank (Hank Williams)
- Harlow (Jack Harlow)
- Harmony
- Harry (Harry Styles)
- Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix)
- Huey (Huey Lewis)
- Jagger (Mick Jagger)
- Joplin (Janis Joplin)
- Jovi (Bon Jovi)
- Judah (Judah And The Lion)
- Kane (Kane Brown)
- Kawai (Piano manufacturer)
- Kip (Kip Moore)
- Kodak (Kodak Black)
- Lennon (John Lennon)
- Lenny (Lenny Kravitz)
- Leon (Kings of Leon)
- Lorde
- Mac (Mac Miller)
- Malone (Post Malone)
- Martin (Dean Martin)
- Marley (Bob Marley)
- McGraw (Tim McGraw)
- Marren (Marren Morris)
- Melody
- Merle (Merle Haggard)
- Miles (Miles Davis)
- Missy (Missy Elliot)
- Ozzy (Ozzy Osbourne)
- Paak (Anderson Paak)
- Perry (Katy Perry)
- Poco (Musical term for ‘a little’)
- Prince
- Reba (Reba McEntire)
- Ringo
- Santana
- Shay (Dan + Shay)
- Snoop Dogg
- Stevie (Stevie Nicks)
- Sting
- Taylor (Taylor Swift)
- Tyson (Tyson Ritter, or for chicken nuggets, whichever you prefer)
- Usher
- Velvet (The Velvet Underground)
- Weezer
- Willie (Willie Nelson)
- Who (The Who)
- Yoko (Yoko Ono)
- ZZ (ZZ Top)
- Zappa (Frank Zappa)
- Zendaya
- Zepplin (Led Zepplin)
- Ziggy (Ziggy Marley)
- Zombie (Rob Zombie)