Comments: Musical dog names

“My late Border Collie/German Shepherd mix was DeeJaye, short for disc jockey, celebrating my 16 years in that industry. My new Border Collie/Aussie Shepherd mix is Dulcinea, in honor of the beautiful love interest in "Man of LaMancha".” — Laurie, Sep 23 2009

“My mom's late doxie was Jocko, short for the opera composer Giacomo Puccini.

My late beagle-Jack Russell mix was Poppy, short for Papagena, a comic relief character in Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute."

Try some jazz names too -- Louie, Satchmo, Stephane (Grappelli), Thelonius (Monk), Billie (Holiday), Cleo (Laine), Eubie (Blake) and more!

Or folk singers -- Woody (Guthrie), Kingston, Seeger, Leadbelly, Garfunkel, Odetta, Sapphire, Shannon...” — Cori, Jun 03 2009

“Cleff, Hendrix, Marley” — Erin, May 20 2009

“Little Lotte is the Name of my Cairn Terrier--the name is from ''The Phantom of the Opera"" The main female character is 'christine'' and when she meets her friend the ""vicount''later in life he reminds her of it from their childhood times together......” — LotteLynn, Mar 28 2009

“Tempo is a great musical name for a dog” — Sue, Oct 08 2008

“I have a dog named Cash (after Johnny Cash) and a dog named Pixy (after the band The Pixies). I've also known animals named George (Harrison), Lennon, Nikka (Costa), and Fiona (Apple). ” — abby.conner, Sep 26 2008

“How about Calypso?” — deleted user, Apr 02 2008

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