Jazz Dog Names

"Names for your cool K9."

Jazz is cool, hip and happening and jazz musicians have names to match. We borrowed the best of them for our jazz dog names list, so if your dog is just to cool for school you've come to the right place to find dog names that rock, or should that be, "swing".

Our selection includes names like:

DEE DEE:Dee Dee Bridgewater, singer/songwriter

KID:Kid Ory, trombone

POPS:Robert 'Pops' Popwell, bass guitarist

TEX:Gordon 'Tex' Beneke, saxophonist

Choose with confidence from the list below.

Your dog will be the hippest cat, er...dog on the block.

NAME DESCRIPTION

ARTIE Artie Shaw, clarinet

BAGS Nickname of Milt Jackson

BENSON George Benson, guitarist

BESSIE Bessie Smith, singer

BIG BILL Big Bill Bissonnette, trombone

BIG JIM Nicknames of trombone great Jim Robinson

BILLIE Billy Holiday, singer

BING Bing Crosby, vocalist

BONES Nickname of Tom Malone

BOOKER Booker Little Jr, trumpeter

BUZZY Buzzy Drootin, drummer

CHARLIE Charlie Parker, saxophone

CHET Chet Baker, vocalist

CHIEF Chief Bey, percusionist

CLIFFORD Clifford Brown, trumpet

CONNIE Connie Crothers, pianist

DEE DEE Dee Dee Bridgewater, singer/songwriter

DEWEY Dewey Redman, saxophone

DIZZY Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet

DOC Edmond 'Doc' Souchon, guitarist

DUKE Duke Ellington, pianist

ELLA Ella Fitzgerald, jazz singer

ETHEL Ethel Azama, vocalist

FREDDIE Freddie Keppard, cornetist

GEORGIE Georgie Fame, singer

GLORIA Gloria Lynn, vocalist

HERBIE Herbie Hancock, pianist

HOOTIE Jay 'Hootie' McShann, jazz pianist

JACO Jaco Pastorius, bassist

JELLY Jelly Roll Morton, jazz pianist

JUNIOR Junior Collins, French horn

KID Kid Ory, trombone

LEROY Leroy Jenkins, violinist

LOUIS Louis Armstrong, trumpeter

MILES Miles Davies, trumpet great

MOODY James Moody, saxophone & flute

MUGGSY Francis 'Muggsy' Spanier, cornet player

NAT Nat King Cole, pianist & singer

NEWMAN Newman Taylor Baker, drummer

OSIE James 'Osie' Johnson, jazz drummer

PAPA Papa Bue, trombone

PEE WEE Pee Wee Erwin, trumpeter

POPS Robert 'Pops' Popwell, bass guitarist

QUINCY Quincy Davis, drummer

REGINA Regina Belle, singer

ROBERTA Roberta Flack, singer/songwriter

ROSEMARY Rosemary Clooney, vocalist

RUSTY Rusty Jones, drummer

SATCHMO Nickname of jazz great Louis Armstrong

SLIM Bulee 'Slim' Gaillard, singer/guitarist

SONNY Sonny Stitt, saxophone

SUSIE Susie Ibarra, percusionist

TEX Gordon 'Tex' Beneke, saxophonist

TIPPY Billy 'Tippy' Tipton, pianist

TOBY Otto "Toby' Hardwick, saxophone

TUBBY Alfred 'Tubby' Hall, drummer

TURK Melvin 'Turk' Murphy, trombonist

WATKINS Julius Watkins, French horn

WILBUR Wilbur Ware, double bassist

ZIGGY Harry 'Ziggy' Elman, trumpeter