Rocker and Rapper Baby Names
Updated Tue Feb 13 2024
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If you call yourself Ludacris or Slash or Flea, chances are you're not gonna name your kid Matthew or Martha or Mike. In fact, rock-and-roll and hip-hop musicians are probably the most imaginative (or outrageous, depending on your point of view) baby namers around, honoring their musical heroes (Thelonious, Lennon, Hendrix), using words as names (Million, Dream, Zeppelin), or just letting their fantasies fly.
Along with Hendrix and Dream, other rocker and rapper baby names in the US Top 1000 include Ace, Cash, Everly, Halo, Heaven, Onyx, Roman, and Seven. Some of the most creative choices connected to recent starbabies include Ice, Marvel, Heiress, and Devereaux.
Like many celebrity baby names, the names of Rockstar children are truly imaginative, although there are some more mainstream choices sprinkled about. Here's our collection of rockstar and rapper baby names, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Ace
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"one, unity"
- Adalynn
Origin:
Variation of Adeline, FrenchMeaning:
"noble, nobility"
- Alabama
Origin:
Place-name; ChoctawMeaning:
"vegetation gatherers"
- Alfie
Origin:
Diminutive of Alfred, EnglishMeaning:
"wise counselor"
- Alzea
Origin:
Modern invented name
- Anaise
Origin:
Variation of Anais
- Angel
Origin:
Spanish and EnglishMeaning:
"angel"
- Apple
Origin:
English nature nameMeaning:
"apple"
- Artemis
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"safe or butcher"
- Atlanta
Origin:
Place nameMeaning:
"Atlantic Ocean"
- Axl
Origin:
Variation of Axel, Scandinavian version of AbsalomMeaning:
"father of peace"
- Bamboo
Origin:
Word name
- Blue
Origin:
Color name
- Cadence
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"rhythm, beat"
- Cash
Origin:
Word name; also diminutive of CassiusMeaning:
"hollow"
- Caspar
Origin:
Persian, variation of GasparMeaning:
"keeper of the treasure"
- Cassius
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"hollow"
- Chance
Origin:
French variation of Chauncey
- Chanel
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"dweller near the canal"
- Chicago
Origin:
American place name, AlgonquinMeaning:
"wild garlic"
- Coco
Origin:
Spanish and French pet name
- Colette
Origin:
French, short form of Nicole, feminine variation of Nicholas, GreekMeaning:
"people of victory"
- Cosimo
Origin:
Italian variation of CosmoMeaning:
"order, beauty, universe"
- Cross
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"cross"
- Cruz
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"cross"
- Cypress
Origin:
Nature name
- Decker
Origin:
German occupational nameMeaning:
"roofer"
- Della
Origin:
Diminutive of Adela
- Devereaux
Origin:
French surnameMeaning:
"riverbank"
- Django
Origin:
RomaniMeaning:
"I awake"
- Domani
- Draven
Origin:
Modern invented name
- Dream
Origin:
Word name
- Dusty
- Egypt
Origin:
Place-name
- Elijah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"Yahweh is God"
- Elmo
Origin:
Italian from GermanMeaning:
"protector"
- Epik
Origin:
Variation of Epic; English word nameMeaning:
"heroic tale or event"
- Everly
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"wild boar in woodland clearing"
- Fire
Origin:
Word name
- Frankie-jean
Origin:
American name combination
- Frankito
Origin:
Diminutive of FrankMeaning:
"free man"
- Future
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"that is to be"
- Genesis
Origin:
Word name
- Geronimo
Origin:
Native American; Italian variation of Jerome
- Gia
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"God's gracious gift"
- Giacomo
Origin:
Italian variation of JamesMeaning:
"supplanter"
- Gio
Origin:
Italan short form of GiovannaMeaning:
"God's gracious gift"
- God'iss
Origin:
Modern invented name
- Hallie
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"dweller at the meadow by the manor"
- Halo
Origin:
English, word name
- Happy
Origin:
English word name
- Harmony
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"harmony"
- Harper
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"harp player"
- Heaven
Origin:
Word name
- Heiress
Origin:
Word Name
- Hendrix
Origin:
Dutch and German, from first name HendrikMeaning:
"estate ruler"
- Henry
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"estate ruler"
- Ice
Origin:
English word name
- Ickitt
Origin:
Invented name
- Ikhyd
- Indigo
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"Indian dye"
- Italia
Origin:
Italian place-name
- Jameson
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"son of James"
- Jessie
Origin:
Anglicized form of Teasagh or diminutive of JessicaMeaning:
"wealthy"
- Jonah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"dove"
- Justin
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"fair, righteous"
- Kama
Origin:
Hindi-SanskritMeaning:
"love, desire"
- Karma
Origin:
HindiMeaning:
"destiny, spiritual force"
- Kaydnz
Origin:
Variation of CadenceMeaning:
"rhythm, beat"
- King
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"monarch"
- Kulture
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group"
- Lennon
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"lover"
- Lolita
Origin:
Spanish, diminutive of Lola and Dolores, SpanishMeaning:
"lady of sorrows"
- Londyn
Origin:
Spelling variation of London, place name
- Madilyn
Origin:
Spelling variation of Madelyn
- Major
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"greater; or, a military rank"
- Marquise
Origin:
English rank of nobleman between duke and count
- Marvel
Origin:
English word name
- Mason
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"worker in stone"
- Max
Origin:
English and German diminutive of Maximilian or MaxwellMeaning:
"greatest"
- Memphis
Origin:
Greek and Coptic place-nameMeaning:
"Enduring and beautiful"
- Mercy
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"compassion"
- Messiah
Origin:
Aramaic word nameMeaning:
"expected savior or deliverer"
- Miley
Origin:
Modern invented name
- Moses
Origin:
EgyptianMeaning:
"delivered from the water"
- Murad
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"wish"
- Najee
- Navy
Origin:
Word name
- Nevaeh
Origin:
Modern invented name
- Nevis
Origin:
Place-name
- Nigel
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"dark, black-haired"
- Noah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"rest, repose"
- North
Origin:
Word name
- Oliver
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"olive tree or elf army"
- Onyx
Origin:
Gem name
- O'shea
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"hawklike, stately"
- Percy
Origin:
French surname from place name Perci-en-Auge
- Phoenix
Origin:
Arizona place-name and GreekMeaning:
"dark red"
- Phynley
Origin:
Variation of FinleyMeaning:
"fair-haired hero"
- Prince
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"chief, prince"
- Puma
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"big cat"
- Quanah
Origin:
Native American, ComancheMeaning:
"sweet smelling, fragrant"
- Rebop
Origin:
Word name
- Rihmeek
- Rocco
Origin:
Italian from GermanMeaning:
"rest"
- Roman
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"citizen of Rome"
- Romeo
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"pilgrim to Rome, Roman"
- Royal
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"royal"
- Rumi
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"beauty, flow, lapis lazuli"
- Saffron
Origin:
Spice name
- Sage
Origin:
Herb name and also LatinMeaning:
"wise and knowing"
- Saint
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"saint"
- Salvador
Origin:
Spanish from Latin SalvatorMeaning:
"savior"
- Samaria
Origin:
Place-name, ancient Palestinian city in present-day Jordan
- Scarlett
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"scarlet, red"
- Sebastian
Origin:
Latin from GreekMeaning:
"person from ancient city of Sebastia"
- Seven
Origin:
English word and number name
- Sienna
Origin:
Italian color nameMeaning:
"orange red"
- Sindri
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"sparkle"
- Sir
Origin:
English word name
- Sire
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"royalty; father"
- Sloane
Origin:
IrishMeaning:
"raider"
- Speck
Origin:
English word name, German surnameMeaning:
"speck; one from Speck, bacon, butcher"
- Stormi
Origin:
Word name, variation of Stormy and Storm
- Story
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"an account of incidents or events"
- Sunny
Origin:
English nickname
- Taj
Origin:
ArabicMeaning:
"crown"
- Tallulah
Origin:
Choctaw, IrishMeaning:
"leaping water, lady of abundance"
- Tenzan
Origin:
Variation of Tenzin, TibetanMeaning:
"protector of Dharma"
- Thelonious
Origin:
Latinized variation of German Tillman, “one who plows the earth”
- Truly
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"in a truthful way"
- Wolfgang
Origin:
GermanMeaning:
"traveling wolf"
- Zachary
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"the Lord has remembered"
- Zeppelin
Origin:
German word name from SlavicMeaning:
"zeppelin; flail"
- Ziggy
Origin:
German, diminutive of names beginning Sig/ZigMeaning:
"victory"