Blues Dog Names

"Hound dog got the blues? Not with these names!"

The music world throws up some flamboyant and colorful characters with some really interesting names. Nowhere is this more true than in the world of the Blues, where a cool name is almost a pre-requisite.

This list features the best of the Blues, so you can choose with confidence knowing that your dog will love his colorful, musical name.

Here are a few names to get you going:

CHIPPIE:Bertha 'Chippie' Hill, singer

HONEYBOY:David 'Honeyboy' Edwards, guitarist

LITTLE MACK:Malcolm "Little Mack' Simmons, harmonica

ROSETTA:Rosetta Howard, singer

Browse and pick your favorite.

NAME DESCRIPTION

B.B B.B King, Blues guitar legend

BECK Jeff Beck, guitarist

BESSIE Bessie Smith, 'The Empress of the Blues'

BIG BILL Big Bill Broonzy, songwriter and guitarist

BIG BOY Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires, singer & guitar

BIG JOE Joseph 'Big Joe' Williams, guitarist

BO Bo Diddley (Ellas Bates) guitarist

BOBO Bobo Jenkins, guitarist & singer

BONNIE Bonnie Raitt, guitarist & singer

CHARLIE Charlie Patton, pioneer Blues guitarist

CHIPPIE Bertha 'Chippie' Hill, singer

CLAPTON Eric Clapton, guitarist & singer

CLARA Clara Smith, singer "Queen of the Moaners'

DELANEY Delaney Bramlett, songwriter

DIXON Willie Dixon, double-bassist & songwriter

DOMINO Antonine 'Fats' Domino, pianist & vocals

ELMORE Elmore James, guitar great

ETHEL Ethel Water, singer

ETTA Etta James, singer

FLOYD Floyd Council, guitarist

GLADYS Gladys Bentley, singer

GUS Gus Cannon, guitarist

GUY Buddy Guy, guitarist & singer

HARPO Slim Harpo, known as the "master of the harmonica"

HATCH Little Hatch, singer and harmonica player

HONEYBOY David 'Honeyboy' Edwards, guitarist

HOOKER Earl Hooker, guitarist

JANIS Janis Joplin, singer

JESSIE MAE Jessie Mae Hemphill, guitarist & singer

JODY Jody Williams, Blues guitarist and singer

JOSIE Josie Miles, singer

LITTLE JOHNNY Little Johnny Jones, pianist

LITTLE JUNIOR Little Junior Parker, singer & harmonica

LITTLE MACK Malcolm "Little Mack' Simmons, harmonica

LITTLE SONNY Little Sonny, Blues harmonica and singer

LIZZIE Lizzie Miles, singer

LONNIE Lonnie Johnson, guitarist/singer

MAGIC Samuel "Magic Sam' Maghett, guitar

MAMIE Mamie Smith, "First Lady of the Blues"

MATTIE Mattie Hite, singer

MAYBELLE Mabel Smith 'Big Maybelle' pianist

MOJO George 'Mojo' Buford, harmonica

MOODY Moody Jones, guitarist

MUDDY Muddy Waters, Blues guitar great

ODIE Odie Payne, Blues drummer

OTIS Otis Spann, Blues pianist

PAPA "Papa" Charle Jackson, guitarist and songwriter

PERKINS Joseph "Pinetop" Perkins, Blues pianist

RAINEY Ma Rainey, singer "Mother of the Blues'

ROSETTA Rosetta Howard, singer

RUBY Ruby Smith, singer

RUSH Otis Rush, Blues guitarist

SAMMY Little Sammy Davis, vocals & harmonica

SCRAPPER Francis 'Scrapper' Blackwell, acoustic guitar

SKIP Nehemiah 'Skip' James, guitar & piano

SLIM Lightnin' Slim, Blues guitarist

SONNY BOY Sonny boy Williamson, harmonica

STEVIE RAY Stevie Ray Vaughan, guitarist

T-BONE Aaron 'T-Bone' Walker, guitarist

TRIXIE Trixie Smith, singer

Z.Z. Z.Z. Hill, (pronounced Zee Zee) Blues singer