Pet Names · Cat Names
By Brynn McKeon · Updated September 2026
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Italian, musical term
Cadenza takes the popular CADENCE and gives it a more operatic flourish.
Italian
"musical composition with vocal elements"
Light and delicate musical name would make an unusual choice.
"song or stanza"
A canto is a literary term denoting a long passage in a poem. Dante's Divine Comedy is broken into such cantos. As a name, Canto packs in literary credentials with pithy punch.
French
"song"
Vocal name seldom heard, with most elle-ending names these days dropped in favor of the more straightforward Elle and Ella.
Itallian, musical term
It's usually preceded by the letter 'A'--as in 'a capella'--singing without accompaniment, and probably has never been used as a girl's name, but in this anything-goes naming climate, we're putting…
Word name
If Viola is a credible girl's name, why not the mellow Cello for a boy.
This musical name would have to be spoken with a French accent--otherwise it would sound like a trendy boy's name, a la BRANSON.
English word name
"three musical notes played together"
Chord may be considered a variation of the cowboy-cool name Cord, or an independent musical name. Actor Chord Overstreet, of Glee fame, introduced this name to many American parents.
Word name, English from French and Latin
"trumpet"
Tuneful variation on the Claire names.
Lithuanian
"to wish for a song"
The retro Dana meets the classic Nora in this Lithuanian name. Grand and whimsical but with down-to-earth nicknames, Dainora fits equally well in a fantasy novel and in the classroom, and its sweet…
Occupational word name
Drummer entered the baby name lexicon thanks to blogger No Big Dill, who chose it for her newborn son, who joins five older sisters. Drummer is right in step with other occupational names in vogue…
Latin
"music for two"
"study"
An original musical possibilty for a lover of Chopin.
Scottish place name, German, French
"path; small shrill flute"
Also spelled Fyfe, this zippy sounding name would make a great middle name choice for music lovers or those with Scottish roots. The name has a double meaning: it is both a Scottish place name,…
Scottish occupational name
"piper"
Fifer is a musical name that fits in seamlessly with the likes of Harper and Piper, but is much more unusual. It's also a Scottish demonym, referring to an inhabitant of the historic Scottish county…
Musical name
The adopted surname of iconic songwriting brothers George and Ira (born Gershovitz) might make a nice musical middle name.
English slang word
In addition to being the term for a job performing music, Gig has been used as a name, as in onetime actor Gig Young--who was born Byron but took his stage name from a character he played.
Music name
Feels as if it's missing a syllable.
"song for unaccompanied voices"
Madrigal might be a pretty and highly distinctive choice for a child of a musical family--or for the parent looking for a less conventional path to the nickname Maddie than Madeline or Madison .…
An offbeat musical name, that also means "simple, ingenuous" from its Spanish origins. More familiar as a surname, it appears in the Disney film, Encanto and the novel Legends & Lattes by Travis…
