Musical Names
Names that mean music, song, beautiful voice, dance,
or the name of a musical instrument. Names that are music-related.
 
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• UNISEX:

  1. CADENCE: "Flow of rhythm; falling." English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word, itself ultimately from Latin cadens, literally meaning "to fall."

  2. HARPER: English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, meaning "harp player."

  3. JARON: Variant of Hebrew unisex Yaron, meaning "to shout and sing."

  4. JEHIEL: Biblical name of a lute player, meaning "may God live!"

  5. LARK: English unisex name derived from the bird name, itself ultimately from Old English lawcere, meaning "songbird."

  6. LIRON: Hebrew unisex name meaning "my song."

  7. PIPER: English occupational surname transferred to unisex forename use, itself from Middle English pipere, meaning "pipe-player."

  8. RON: Hebrew unisex name meaning "joy, song."

  9. SHIR: Hebrew unisex name meaning "song."

  10. YARON: Hebrew unisex name meaning "to shout and sing."

• MALE:

  1. CHENANIAH: "Established by God." Biblical name of a Levite who was the chief of the Temple singers who conducted the music when the Ark of the Covenant was moved from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem. 

  2. HEROD: "Hero's song." Biblical name of the king who ordered the slaughter of all male children who were "two years old and under." 
  3. HERODES: "Hero's song." Greek form of Herod, composed of the elements Heros "hero, warrior" and oides "ode, song."
  4. HERODION: Biblical name mentioned in Paul's epistle to the Romans. It is a pet form of Greek Herodes, meaning "hero's song."
  5. HESIOD: Greek name derived from Hesiodos, possibly meaning "to send song."
  6. HESIODOS: "To send song." Greek name, possibly composed of the elements hesi "to send" and oides "ode, song."

  7. HOTOTO: Native American Hopi name meaning "warrior spirit who sings" or "he who whistles."

  8. JUBAL: Biblical name of the first musician, meaning "ram's horn; trumpet; musician." 

  9. KOUSAN: Armenian name meaning "singer."

  10. LINOS: "A cry of grief." Greek myth name of a musician and personification of lamentation. He was a son of Apollo and taught music to Hercules. The name was derived from the word ailinon which was a ritual cry of grief. 

  11. RODION: Russian form of Herodion, meaning "hero's song."

  12. RODYA: Pet form of Russian Rodion, meaning "hero's song."

  13. SHADI: Arabic name meaning "singer."

  14. TEIRTU: "Triple." Welsh myth name, from the Mabinogian, of the inventor and possessor of the magical Harp of Teirtud (Triple Harp), who probably derived his name from the name of the harp.

  15. YUVAL: Hebrew form of biblical Jubal, meaning "ram's horn; trumpet; musician." 

  16. ZAMIR: Albanian name meaning "good voice," from ze "voice," and mire "good."

  17. ZIMRI: Hebrew name meaning either "my music," or "my praise."

• FEMALE:

  1. AIKA: Japanese name meaning "love song."

  2. AOEDE: Variant of Greek Aoide, meaning "to sing."

  3. AOIDE: Greek myth name of the one of the three original Muses before their number was increased to nine, meaning "to sing."

  4. CALANDRA: Italian surname transferred to forename use, meaning "skylark." May have originally been a nickname for someone with a good singing voice.

  5. CALLIOPE: Latin form of Greek Kalliope, myth name of the muse of epic poetry, meaning "beautiful voice." 

  6. CHARMAINE: English name of Latin origin, meaning "sing." 

  7. CHINA: English name derived from the country name, itself from the name of the Qin dynasty, meaning "musical instrument."

  8. CHYNA: Variant of English China, meaning "musical instrument."

  9. CUICATL: Nahuatl name meaning "song."

  10. DAINA: Lithuanian name meaning "song."

  11. DOINA: Romanian name meaning "folk song."

  12. EUMELIA: Ancient Greek name derived from the Greek word eumeleia, meaning "melody."

  13. GITA: Hindi name meaning "song."

  14. HERODIAS: Feminine form of Herod, meaning "hero's song."

  15. KADENCE: Feminine variant of English unisex Cadence, meaning "flow of rhythm; falling."

  16. KALLIOPE: Greek name meaning "beautiful voice," from kallos "beauty" and ops "voice."

  17. KANTI: Native American Algonquin name meaning "sings."

  18. KNARIG: Armenian name meaning "lyre."

  19. KOTONE: Japanese name meaning "harp sound."

  20. LYRA: English name derived from the constellation name, meaning "lyre."

  21. LYRICA: Modern English poetic and musical name derived from Latin lyrica "lyric poem," itself from French lyrique "short poem expressing personal emotion," from Latin lyricus "of or for the lyre," from Greek lyrikos "singing to the lyre." 

  22. MAHALATH: Hebrew biblical name of the wife of Esau, meaning "lyre."

  23. MANJULA: Hindi name meaning "melodious, pleasing."

  24. MAVIS: English bird name, meaning "song thrush."

  25. MELE: Hawaiian name meaning "song." Also used as a Hawaiian form of Mary, meaning "beloved."

  26. MELODIA: Chamoru name meaning "melody; song."

  27. MELODY: "Melody." English name derived from the vocabulary word.

  28. OMINOTAGO: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "beautiful voice."

  29. PHILOMEL: English variant of Greek Philomela, meaning "sweet singer; nightingale."
  30. PHILOMELA: Greek name composed of the elements philos "dear, sweet" and melos "song," usually rendered "sweet singer; nightingale."
  31. POLYHYMNIA: Latin form of Greek Polymnia, meaning "much song."
  32. POLYMNIA: Original Greek form of Latin Polyhymnia, myth name of the muse of dance and sacred songs, composed of the elements polys "much" and hymnos "hymn, song."

  33. RABAB: Arabic name derived from the word rababah, meaning "musical instrument."

  34. RIA: Hindi name meaning "singer."

  35. RIYA: Variant of Hindi Ria, meaning "singer."

  36. RONI: Feminine variant of Hebrew unisex Ron, meaning "joy, song."

  37. SERENATA: Chamoru name meaning "serenade; evening music."

  38. SHADIYA: Feminine form of Arabic Shadi, meaning "singer." 

  39. SHADYA: Variant of Arabic Shadiya, meaning "singer." 

  40. SHARMAIN: Variant of English Sharmaine, meaning "sing."
  41. SHARMAINE: Variant of English Charmaine, meaning "sing." 
  42. SHIRA: Hebrew name meaning "singing."
  43. SHIRI: Hebrew name meaning "my song."
  44. ZAMIRA: Feminine form of Albanian Zamir, meaning "good voice." 

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