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)
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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. Zeplin (Led Zeplin)
99. Ziggy (Ziggy Marley)
100. Zombie (Rob Zombie)
