Musical Baby Names
Updated Mon Sep 25 2023
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Musical baby names can be soothing, lyrical, rhythmic, rousing, and melodious. There are musical names to suit everyone’s taste and genre preference, from classical music and opera to blues and rock-and-roll.
Musical names are a branch of creative baby names that include musical terms such as Lyric and Tempo, as well as musical occupational names like Harper and Strummer.
Along with Harper and Lyric, other musical baby names in the US Top 1000 include Aria, Cadence, Celeste, Harmony, Piper, and Reed. Musical instruments, though less popular as names than musical terms, make lovely middle names, including Banjo, Cello, Marimba, and Piano.
Here, some musical names you might want to consider, ordered by their current popularity on Nameberry.
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- Adagio
Origin:
Italian, musical term
- Ahuli
Origin:
CherokeeMeaning:
"drum"
- Allegro
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"brisk, sprightly"
- Alto
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"high"
- Arabesque
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"ornate design"
- Aria
Origin:
Italian and HebrewMeaning:
"air; song or melody; lion"
- Banjo
Origin:
Word name
- Bell
Origin:
English and Scottish occupational nameMeaning:
"ringer of the bell"
- Brio
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"vivacity, zest"
- Cadence
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"rhythm, beat"
- Cadenza
Origin:
Italian, musical term
- Calliope
Origin:
Greek mythology nameMeaning:
"beautiful voice"
- Calypso
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"she who hides"
- Canary
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"small bird"
- Cantata
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"musical composition with vocal elements"
- Cappella
Origin:
Itallian, musical term
- Caprice
Origin:
French from ItalianMeaning:
"impulsive change of mind"
- Celeste
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"heavenly"
- Cello
Origin:
Word name
- Chanson
Origin:
FrenchMeaning:
"song"
- Chord
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"three musical notes played together"
- Clarion
Origin:
Music name
- Diva
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"goddess"
- Drummer
Origin:
Occupational word name
- Duet
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"music for two"
- Ellington
Origin:
English place-name and surnameMeaning:
"Ellis's town"
- Etude
Origin:
French,"study"Meaning:
"study"
- Fife
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"place name"
- Fifer
Origin:
Scottish occupational nameMeaning:
"piper"
- Gershwin
Origin:
Musical name
- Gig
Origin:
English slang word
- Harmony
Origin:
Word nameMeaning:
"harmony"
- Harp
Origin:
Music name
- Harper
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"harp player"
- Jazz
Origin:
Word name
- Lark
Origin:
English bird name
- Lyra
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"lyre"
- Lyric
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"lyre"
- Madrigal
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"song for unaccompanied voices"
- Malagueña
Origin:
Spanish, musical name
- Mandolin
Origin:
French, musical intrument
- Manzie
Origin:
Music name
- Maraca
Origin:
Musical name
- Marimba
Origin:
Spanish, Music name
- Melody
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"song"
- Minuet
Origin:
French, dance term
- Mozart
Origin:
German musical name
- Musique
Origin:
French word nameMeaning:
"music"
- Opera
Origin:
Word name
- Opera
Origin:
Word name
- Ornette
Origin:
Musical name
- Piano
Origin:
Music name
- Piano
- Piper
Origin:
English occupational nameMeaning:
"one who plays the pipes or flute"
- Raga
Origin:
Sanskrit, musical termMeaning:
"color or melody"
- Ramone
Origin:
Musical name
- Reed
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"red-haired"
- Rego
Origin:
PortugueseMeaning:
"ditch, channel"
- Rhapsody
Origin:
French, musical term
- Rock
Origin:
Word name or diminutive of RoccoMeaning:
"rock or rest"
- Selah
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"praise, pause"
- Seraphine
Origin:
French from HebrewMeaning:
"burning ones"
- Serenade
Origin:
Music name
- Sonata
Origin:
Music name
- Sonatina
Origin:
Italian, musical term
- Strummer
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"one who strums (a stringed musical instrument)"
- Symphony
Origin:
Word name
- Tango
Origin:
SpanishMeaning:
"touch"
- Techno
Origin:
GreekMeaning:
"relating to technology"
- Tempo
Origin:
ItalianMeaning:
"time"
- Toccata
Origin:
Italian, musical term
- Troubadour
Origin:
French word nameMeaning:
"lyric poet"
- Viola
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"violet"
- Zimri
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"my music, my praise"