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100 Music-Inspired Dog Names

Written by: Elise Remp

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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.


  1. Abba
  2. Arietta (a short melody)
  3. Beethoven
  4. Billie (Billie Eilish/Billie Holiday)
  5. Bing (Bing Crosby)
  6. Blink (Blink-182)
  7. Blondie
  8. Bono
  9. Brahms
  10. Broadway
  11. Bruno (Bruno Mars)
  12. Bublé (Michael Bublé)
  13. Cage (Cage the Elephant)
  14. Cambria (Coheed and Cambria)
  15. Cash (Johnny Cash)
  16. Charlie (Charlie Daniels)
  17. Charlotte (Good Charlotte)
  18. Chesney (Kenny Chesney)
  19. Chester (Chester Bennington)
  20. Chopin
  21. Clef (musical symbol)
  22. Cobain (Kurt Cobain)
  23. Cooper (Alice Cooper)
  24. Creedence (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
  25. Crosby (Bing Crosby)
  26. Cyrus (Miley/Billy Ray Cyrus)
  27. Danzig (The Misfits)
  28. Denver (John Denver)
  29. Dierks (Dierks Bentley)
  30. Iggy Azalea (Iggy Azalea)
  31. Dolly (Dolly Parton)
  32. Dylan (Bob Dylan)
  33. Dua Lipa
  34. Durk (Lil Durk)
  35. Ed (Ed Sheeran)
  36. Elton (Elton John)
  37. Elvis
  38. Floyd (Pink Floyd)
  39. Frank (Frank Sinatra)
  40. Franz (Franz Ferdinand)
  41. Fray (The Fray)
  42. Freddie (Freddie Mercury)
  43. Foo (Foo Fighters)
  44. Gabriel (Peter Gabriel)
  45. Garth (Garth Brooks)
  46. Gotye
  47. Hank (Hank Williams)
  48. Harlow (Jack Harlow)
  49. Harmony
  50. Harry (Harry Styles)
  51. Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix)
  52. Huey (Huey Lewis)
  53. Jagger (Mick Jagger)
  54. Joplin (Janis Joplin)
  55. Jovi (Bon Jovi)
  56. Judah (Judah And The Lion)
  57. Kane (Kane Brown)
  58. Kawai (Piano manufacturer)
  59. Kip (Kip Moore)
  60. Kodak (Kodak Black)
  61. Lennon (John Lennon)
  62. Lenny (Lenny Kravitz)
  63. Leon (Kings of Leon)
  64. Lorde
  65. Mac (Mac Miller)
  66. Malone (Post Malone)
  67. Martin (Dean Martin)
  68. Marley (Bob Marley)
  69. McGraw (Tim McGraw)
  70. Marren (Marren Morris)
  71. Melody
  72. Merle (Merle Haggard)
  73. Miles (Miles Davis)
  74. Missy (Missy Elliot)
  75. Ozzy (Ozzy Osbourne)
  76. Paak (Anderson Paak)
  77. Perry (Katy Perry)
  78. Poco (Musical term for ‘a little’)
  79. Prince
  80. Reba (Reba McEntire) 
  81. Ringo
  82. Santana
  83. Shay (Dan + Shay)
  84. Snoop Dogg
  85. Stevie (Stevie Nicks)
  86. Sting
  87. Taylor (Taylor Swift)
  88. Tyson (Tyson Ritter, or for chicken nuggets, whichever you prefer)
  89. Usher
  90. Velvet (The Velvet Underground)
  91. Weezer
  92. Willie (Willie Nelson)
  93. Who (The Who)
  94. Yoko (Yoko Ono)
  95. ZZ (ZZ Top)
  96. Zappa (Frank Zappa)
  97. Zendaya
  98. Zepplin (Led Zepplin)
  99. Ziggy (Ziggy Marley)
  100. Zombie (Rob Zombie)