Musicians and bands are another source for names for a new dog. There are a wide range of sources which can be female, male musicians and bands. You could always use an album title or a song as well.
In this article we give you over 75 ideas for your dog, there are obviously many more.
Remember its best to pick a name that is easy to say and easy for your dog to understand.
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Female musicians
| Christina | Christina Aguilera an American singer, songwriter, actress and television personality who was won many awards |
| taylor | As in Taylor swift |
| Selena | As in Selena Gomez an American singer, songwriter, actress, and television producer. Starred in Childrens TV |
| Whitney |
As in Whitney Houston
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| Adele | an English singer-songwriter. |
| Gaga | As in Lady gaga |
| Lady | As above |
| Holly | Holly Valance, is an Australian actress, singer and model. |
| Bebe | Bebe Rexha an American singer and songwriter |
| Ariana |
As in Ariana Grande
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| Sia | an Australian singer, songwriter, voice actress and music video director. She started her career as a singer in the acid jazz band Crisp |
| Kylie |
Kylie Minogue is who I was thinking about here, an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. Not an other Kylie
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| Emma |
Emma bunton from the Spice Girls
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| Geri | an English singe. Halliwell came to international prominence in the 1990s as Ginger Spice |
| Mel |
2 from the Spice Girls. Mel C and Mel B
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| Jess |
Jess Glynne inspired
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| Jessie | Jessie J maybe |
| Nicki | a rapper, singer, songwriter, actress, and model |
| Ella | Ella Henderson an English singer and songwriter |
| Roxanne |
From the song by the Police
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| Pepsi |
See if you can remember what this duo sung
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| Shirlie | See Pepsi |
| Sonia |
Another Stock, Aitken and Waterman effort
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| Jo |
As in Jo Boxers who sung Boxer beat – yep a dog referene
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| Rihanna | a Barbadian singer, songwriter, fashion designer, actress and businesswoman |
| Alicia | As in Alicia Keys |
| Annie | Tis was for Annie Lennox who was in the Eurythmics |
| Bjork |
icelandic songwriter
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| Chrissie |
lead singer of pretenders
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Male musicians
I avoided the temptation of picking Bono here as its too close to ‘No'
| Shawn | a Canadian singer, songwriter, and model |
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Pharrell |
Pharrell Williams is an American singer, rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur |
| axl |
From the band Guns n Roses
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| slash |
From the band Guns n Roses
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| sting | Member of the Police, solo artist – appeared in Dune |
| Prince | The singer |
| Freddie |
Lead singer of the brilliant Queen
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| Ed |
As in Ed Sheeran, you could also use his second name for something a little different
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| Meatloaf |
The musician, interesting one this for a dog
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| Justin |
As in Timberlake or Bieber, 2 music heavyweights to choose from here
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| Bob | Bob Marley, one of the pioneers of reggae and probably the best |
| Marley |
As in the name above -so good he got two mentions
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| Jonas | Jonas Blue |
| George | The Beatles |
| Ringo |
The Beatles again
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| Lennon |
Inspired by John Lennon
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| Paul |
Again a Beatles inspired one
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| Ezra |
From george Ezra
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| Darude | a Finnish DJ and record producer, you know the song |
| Kygo | a Norwegian DJ, songwriter and record producer. |
| Drake | a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, actor, and businessman. |
| Calvin |
Calvin Harris came to mind here
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| Olly |
Olly Murs was what i was thinking about here
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| NIck |
Nick Jonas was the idea here but there could be others
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| Chuck |
As in the great Chuck Berry
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| Santana | songwriter Carlos Santana or the band name |
| Elvis | The king |
| Jimi |
After the guitar god and legend
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| Dylan |
After the great Bob Dylan
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| Marvin |
After another musical legend, Marvin Gaye
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| Muddy |
After the highly talented and in my opinion underrated, Muddy Waters
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| Ozzy |
Who else could this be
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| Bruno | Bruno Mars – uptown funk, say no more |
| Dizzy |
an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and singer.
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| Elton |
Elton John is an English pianist, singer-songwriter, composer
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| Jeff |
Jeff Buckley or Jeff Beck – two greats
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| Jarvis |
Mercurial lead singer of Pulp
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Band Names
| Cream | Cream were a British rock band formed in London. The group consisted of Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, and Ginger Baker |
| Biffy | Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band. This would be a cool name for a dog. |
| Queen | One of the great British bands, many classic hits |
| Slade |
A UK band from a few years ago
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| Frankie |
As in Frankie goes to Hollywood, for me anyway
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| Spice |
As in the spice girls, for a female dog
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| Alice |
From Alice in Chains
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| Pearl |
From the fantastic Pearl Jam
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| Scooter |
As in the German dance band
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| Toto |
Famous for the songs Africa and Rosanna
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| Gouryella | Unusual one – an alias and trance project of Ferry Corsten. Very good. |
| Apollo |
Thinking about the band Apollo 440 here
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| Rizzle |
Unusual one this but easy to work out who this is
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| Bachman |
Bachman turner overdrive of course
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| Whitesnake | Cool name for a white dog this one |
| Wheatus |
Another quite unusual name
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| Shalamar | Can you remember their Disco classics |
| Fizz |
Nod to Bucks Fizz, when the UK could win the Eurovision song contest
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| Milli |
As in the 2 guys who mimed – Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus
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| Vanilli | As above |
| Bronski | Bronski Beat and the classic Smalltown Boy |
| Nirvana |
It would be different for a dog name – you could also use band members as well
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| Creedence |
After the band ,Creedence Clearwater Revival who had many classic songs
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| Steely | an American rock band founded in 1972 by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. |
| Crosby | Crosby, Stills & Nash were a vocal folk rock supergroup made up of American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash |
| Nash | As above |
| Stills | And again |
| Blur | Blur are an English rock band formed in London in 1988. The group consists of Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James, and Dave Rowntree. |
| Kasabian |
an English rock band which comes from Leicester
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| Muse |
an english rock band from devon
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| Pearl | Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in 1990 in Seattle and still kicking ass to this day |
| Pulp |
Pulp were an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 1978 featuring Jarvis cocker, one of the best Brit pop bands
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