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Musical Names for Pets

Give your pet a musical name. Musical words are a goldmine of fabulous pet names. You can choose a musical term or name your pet after a famous Broadway musical. Or find a name from a specific genre of music that you like such as Classical, Gospel, Country, Jazz , Rock N Roll, etc.

Musical Terms that make good pet names include:

Adagio

Allegro

Alto

Aria

Ballad

Baritone

Bass

Basso

Bolero

Cadence

Cantata

Capriccio

Chord

Coda

Crescendo

Cymbal

Diminuerdo

Elegy

Forte

Fugue

Gigue

Giocoso (means playful or cheerful)

Harmony

Hymm

Jig

Key

Largo

Legato

Lento

Libretto

Madrigal

Major and/or Minor

Mezzo

Minuet

Octave

Pitch

Poco

Presto

Rococco

Rubato

Scherzo

Sonata

Soprano

Symphony

Song

Tenor

Tempo

Waltz

Famous Broadway Musicals which can be used as unique pet names include:

Aladdin

Annie

Evita

My Fair Lady

Fiddler (on the Roof)

Fosse

Funny Girl

Guys and Dolls (name a sibling pair Guy and Doll)

Hamilton

Kiss Me Kate

Mamma Mia

Oklahoma

Phantom of the Opera (but just call him Phantom)

Pippin

The Names of Classical Musical Composers work very well as Pet Names. You can use either the first name, middle name, or last name of the composer (or all three and give your pet a very long formal name):

Johann Sebastian Bach

Ludwig van Beethoven (Name your dog Beethoven)

Leonard Bernstein

Johannes Brahms

Frederic Chopin

George Gershwin (Name your cat Gershwin!)

George Frideric Handel

Franz Liszt

Gustav Mahler

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Sergey Rachmaninoff

Franz Schubert

Igor Stravinsky

Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Giuseppe Verdi

Country Music Pet Names:

Dolly (Parton) or Jolene (Dolly’s famous song)

Willie (Nelson)

Loretta Lynn

Blake Shelton

Merle Haggard

Shania Twain

Hank Williams

Tammy Wynette

Buck Owens

Conway Twitty

Reba McEntire

Garth Brooks

John Denver

Johnny Cash

Waylon Jennings (or Luckenbach for the song Luckenbach, Texas)

Rock Music Pet Names:

Elvis Presley

Mick Jagger

Bruce (Springsteen)

Gospel Music Pet Names:

Mahalia Jackson

Tommy Dorsey

Aretha Franklin

Whitney Houston

Bebe Winans

Albertina Walker

Hezekiah Walker

Sister Rosetta Sharp

Kanye West