Some of the coolest songs have been written about men. The following list of songs have unique boy names in their lyrics and can be a great inspiration for naming your son. These songs span a variety of genres and are all written about boys.
Giving your child a name that is named after your favorite song will spark up a wonderful dialogue on how he acquired his name.
Songs with Boy Names in the Title
The following list of songs has boy names in their title.
Boy Name | Song Name & Artist |
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A
Aaron | (Aaron’s Party) Come Get It – Aaron Carter |
Abraham | Abraham, Martin, and John – Marvin Gaye |
Adam | Adam and Eve – Ani DiFranco |
Al | Al’s Coral – Howler |
Alabama | Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) – The Doors |
Albert | Uncle Albert – Admiral Halsey – Paul McCartney |
Alec | Alec Eiffel – Pixies |
Alejandro | Alejandro – Lady Gaga |
Alex | Alex Chilton – The Replacements |
Alexander | Alexander And His Clarinet – Irving Berlin |
Alexis | Alexis – Rory Gallagher |
Alfie | Alfie – Dionne Warwick |
Amos | Amos Moses – Jerry Reed |
Andrew | Andrew – Bowling For Soup |
Andy | Andy Norris – Badfinger |
Angel | Angel – Aerosmith |
Angelo | Angelo – Brotherhood of Man |
Angus | Dream Angus – Annie Lennox |
Anthony | Anthony – Nickel Creek |
Archie | Alvvays – Archie, Marry Me |
Ariel | Ariel – Dean Friedman |
Arnold | Arnold Layne – Pink Floyd |
Arthur | Arthur – Badfinger |
Ashley | Ashley – Big Sean |
Atlas | Atlas – Coheed and Cambria |
Aubrey | Aubrey – Bread |
Avery | Dear Avery – The Decemberists |
Axe | Careful With That Axe, Eugene – Pink Floyd |
Axel | Axel F – Harold Faltermeyer |
B
Bailey | Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home? – Della Reese |
Barney | Barney Google – Eddie Cantor |
Basil | Basil – Mark Knopfler |
Bayou | Black Bayou – Charlie Daniels Band |
Bean | Butterbean – B-52’s |
Ben | Ben Lee – Klinger |
Benjamin | Benjamin – Tori Amos |
Bennie | Bennie and the Jets – Elton John |
Bert | Bert’s Blues – Donovan |
Big | Big Bad John – Jimmy Dean |
Bill | Lonesome Cowboy Bill – The Velvet Underground |
Billie | Trippin’ Billies – Dave Matthews Band |
Billie Joe | Ode to Billie Joe – Bobbie Gentry |
Billy | Billy Peddle – Great Big Sea |
Blue | Blues Power – Eric Clapton |
Bob | Bob Dylan’s Blues – Bob Dylan |
Bobbie | Me and Bobbie McGee – Janis Joplin |
Bobby | Bobby Is My Baby – Barbara Mason |
Bojangles | Mr. Bojangles – Bob Dylan |
Booth | Toll Booth Willie – Adam Sandler |
Boris | Boris The Spider – The Who |
Boxer | The Boxer – Simon and Garfunkel |
Brad | Brad Logan – Rancid |
Brandon | Brandon – Mötley Crüe |
Brendan | Brendan’s Death Song – Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Brian | Brian Wilson – Barenaked Ladies |
Brick | Another Brick in the Wall – Pink Floyd |
Brutus | Even You Brutus? – Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Buck | Buck Rogers – Feeder |
Buddy | Buddy Holly – Weezer |
Buzz | Blues, You’re a Buzz Kill – Pistol Annies |
C
Caesar | Caesar – I Blame Coco |
Captain | Captain Jack – Billy Joel |
Casey | Casey Jones – Grateful Dead |
Caspian | Prince Caspian – Phish |
Cassidy | Cassidy – the Grateful Dead |
Charles | Charles Atlas – A.F.I. |
Charlie | Charlie Brown – The Coasters |
Chip | Chip n’ Tony – Alejandro Escovedo |
Chris | Chris & His Connor (Whom I Already Love) – Atom and His Package |
Christian | Christian Dior Denim Flow – Kanye West |
Chuck | Chuck E’s In Love – Rickie Lee Jones |
Clarence | Clarence – David Pomeranz |
Clay | Clay – Goldfrapp |
Clint | Clint Eastwood – Gorillaz |
Clyde | 97 Bonnie & Clyde – Eminem |
Commando | Commando – The Ramones |
Connor | Connor Welcome – Atom and His Package |
Conrad | Conrad – Jets to Brazil |
Cotton | Cotton Eye Joe – Rednex |
Coyote | Coyote – Joni Mitchell |
Craig | Craig – Walker Hayes |
Curtis | The Ballad of Curtis Loew – Lynyrd Skynyrd |
D
Damien | Damien – Iced Earth |
Dan | Dan Dare (Pilot Of The Future) – Elton John |
Daniel | Daniel – Elton John |
Danny | Danny Boy – Traditional |
Darryl | Darryl – Contest Winner #1 – The Pettit Project |
Dave | Arkansas Dave – George Strait |
Davey | Davey Destroyed the Punk Scene – Anti-Flag |
David | David Duchovny – Bree Sharp |
Davy | Davy The Fat Boy – Randy Newman |
Denis | Denis – Blondie |
Dennis | Dennis and Lois – The Happy Mondays |
Derek | Derek Bentley – Ewan MacColl |
Dirk | Dirk Wears White Sox – Adam & The Ants |
Donald | Donald and Lydia – John Prine |
Donnie | Donnie – Ace of Base |
Donovan | Donovan – Happy Mondays |
Dream | Dream Angus – Annie Lennox |
Drifter | Drifter’s Escape – Bob Dylan |
Duke | Duke of Earl – Gene Chandler |
Durango | Romance in Durango – Bob Dylan |
Dwight | Ballad Of Dwight Fry – Alice Cooper |
E
Eagle | Fly Eagle Fly – The Marshall Tucker Band |
Earl | Goodbye Earl – Dixie Chicks |
Ed | Ed Says – Samiam |
Eddie | Eddie Walker, This is Your Life – Ben Folds Five |
Eli | Eli’s Coming – Three Dog Night |
Elian | Baby Elian – Manic Street Preachers |
Elias | Elias – Dispatch |
Elijah | Days Of Elijah – Robin Mark |
Elvis | Elvis Presley Blues – Gilian Welch |
Enzo | Enzo – DJ Snake |
Eugene | Scheme Eugene – Red Light Company |
Evermore | The Battle of Evermore – Led Zeppelin |
Ezra | Ezra’s Interlude – Chromeo |
F
Farmer | Farmer Ferdinand Hudson – The Bee Gees |
Fernando | Fernando – ABBA |
Figaro | Figaro – Brotherhood of Man |
Floyd | Floyd the Barber – Nirvana |
Frank | Frank D Fixer – Jason Mraz |
Frankie | Frankie – Connie Francis |
Franklin | For Franklin – Atom and His Package |
Fred | Fred Jones Pt. 2 – Ben Folds |
Freddie | Freddie’s Dead – Curtis Mayfield |
Frederick | Frederick – Patty Smith |
Free | Free Mumia – KRS-One |
G
Gabriel | Gabriel – Lamb |
Gale | Gale Song – The Lumineers |
Garry | Garry – The Dean Ween Group |
Gary | Gary Gilmore’s Eyes – The Adverts |
Gator | Gator Country – Molly Hatchet |
Geno | Geno – Dexys Midnight Runners |
George | George Jackson – Bob Dylan |
Gerry | Gerry’s Reel – The Corrs |
Gilbert | Gilbert Green – The Bee Gees |
Gold | Gord’s Gold – Moxy Früvous |
Goliath | Every Goliath Has Its David – The Boy Least Likely To |
Gordon | Gordon Bennett – Gilbert O’Sullivan |
Greg | Go-Getter Greg – Ludo |
Gulliver | Gulliver – Elton John |
H
Halford | Hats Off to Halford – Atom and His Package |
Hank | Hank It – Justin Moore |
Hans | Hans Christian Andersen – Danny Kaye |
Happy | Happy Birthday Ralph – Atom and His Package |
Harry | Harry Braff – The Bee Gees |
Harvey | Harvey Bodine – Brad Paisley |
Heaven | Heaven – The Talking Heads |
Henry | Henry’s Made A Lady Out Of Lizzie – Irving Kaufman |
Holden | Who Wrote Holden Caulfield – Green Day |
Huck | Huck and Jim – Franz Ferdinand |
I
Indigo | Mood Indigo – Duke Ellington |
Ivan | Ivan Meets G.I. Joe – The Clash |
J
Jack | Jack and Jill – Avant |
Jackie | Jackie Wilson Said (I’m In Heaven When You Smile) – Van Morrison |
Jackson | Jackson Cannery – Ben Folds Five |
Jacob | Jacob’s Ladder – Huey Lewis & the News |
Jacques | Frère Jacques – Traditional |
Jake | Jake 99 – Deep Switch |
James | James Dean (I Wanna Know) – Daniel Bedingfield |
Jamie | Jamie – Weezer |
Jazz | Jazzman – Carole King |
Jean | Dear Jean – Loyle Carner |
Jean-Pierre | Jean-Pierre – Miles Davis |
Jed | Jed The Humanoid – Grandaddy |
Jeff | Susie and Jeffrey – Blondie |
Jeffrey | Jeffrey Dahmer – Soulfly |
Jeremiah | Old Jeremiah – unknown |
Jeremy | Jeremy – Pearl Jam |
Jericho | Jericho – Joni Mitchell |
Jermaine | Jermaine’s Interlude – DJ Khaled |
Jerome | Jerome – Barenaked Ladies |
Jerry | Jerry Was A Race Car Driver – Primus |
Jesse | Jesse – Carly Simon |
Jessie | Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield |
Jesus | Jesus and Woody – Ry Cooder |
Jim | Jim Dandy – Black Oak Arkansas |
Jimmie | Jimmie Standing in the Rain – Elvis Costello |
Jimmy | Live at Jimmy’s – Angie Martinez |
Jock | Jock The Singing Welder – Sting |
Jocko | Jocko Homo – Devo |
Joe | Joe Harper Saturday Morning – Van Morrison |
Joel | Joel the Lump Of Coal – The Killers |
Joey | Joey – Concrete Blonde |
John | John Lee Supertaster – They Might Be Giants |
Johnny | Be Good Johnny – Men at Work |
Jojo | Jojo – Boz Scaggs |
Jon | Carry on… Jon – Blackmore’s Night |
Jonas | My Name Is Jonas- Weezer |
Jonathan | Jonathan – Barclay James Harvest |
Jones | Along Came Jones – The Coasters |
Jonny | Uncle Jonny – The Killers |
Josef | Josef’s Train – Thea Gilmore |
Joseph | Joseph Cornell – The Clientele |
Joshua | Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho – Traditional |
Judas | Judas – Lady Gaga |
Jude | Jude Law And A Semester Abroad – Brand New |
Julian | Julian – Mongrel |
Julio | Me & Julio Down By The Schoolyard – Simon & Garfunkel |
Junior | Junior’s Farm – Paul McCartney & Wings |
Justin | Justin – Korn |
K
Keith | An Original Man (A Song For Keith) – The Yardbirds |
Kevin | Kevin Ayers – Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci |
Kim | Kim’s Caravan – Courtney Barnett |
King | King Solomon’s Mines – Three Dog Night |
Kirk | Craise Finton Kirk Royal Academy of Arts – The Bee Gees |
Kody | Kody – Matchbox Twenty |
Kylie | Kylie Said to Jason – The KLF |
L
Larry | I’m Made of Wax, Larry, What Are You Made of? – A Day to Remember |
Lazarus | Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds |
Lee | Lee – Tenacious D |
Legend | Legend of a Girl Child Linda – Donovan |
Lenny | Lenny – John Mayer |
Leonard | Leonard I – V – The Roots |
Leonardo | Hey, Leonardo (She Likes Me For Me) – Blessid Union of Souls |
Leroy | Bad, Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce |
Levi | Levi – Old Crow Medicine Show |
Levon | Levon – Elton John |
Lewis | Lewis Takes Action – Owen Pallett |
Linden | Linden Arden Stole The Highlights – Van Morrison |
Linus | Linus and Lucy – Vince Guaraldi Trio |
London | London Calling – The Clash |
Lorenzo | Lorenzo – Phil Collins |
Louie | Louie Louie – The Kingsmen |
Love | Dear Mother Love Albert – Rodney Bewes |
Lowell | Carrie & Lowell – Sufjan Stevens |
Loyal | Loyal Like Sid & Nancy – Foster the People |
Luca | Luca – Brand New |
Luka | Luka – Suzanne Vega |
Lukas | Lukas – Natalie Imbruglia |
Lukey | Lukey – Great Big Sea |
M
Mack | Mack The Knife – Bobby Darin |
Major | Major Tom (I’m Coming Home) – Peter Schilling |
Malcolm | Malcolm – The Arrogant Worms |
Mariano | Mariano’s Dream – Aaron Watson |
Mark | Mark on the Bus – Beastie Boys |
Marshall | Marshall Mathers – Eminem |
Martin | Martin – Zac Brown Band |
Marvin | Marvin Gaye – Charlie Puth |
Matthew | Matthew And Son – Cat Stevens |
Maxwell | Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – The Beatles |
Michael | Michael – Franz Ferdinand |
Michel | Michel – Anouk |
Mick | Mick Avory’s Underpants – The Kinks |
Mickey | Mickey – Toni Basil |
Midas | King Midas In Reverse – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
Mike | Mike The Headless Chicken – Arctic Fire |
Milo | Milo – Bowling For Soup |
Mitchell | Mitchell Lane – Ben Folds Five |
Mo | Mo Bamba – Sheck Wes |
Monty | Monty Got A Raw Deal – R.E.M. |
Moses | Holy Moses – Echo & the Bunnymen |
Muhammad | Muhammad My Friend – Tori Amos |
Murphy | The Night Pat Murphy Died – Great Big Sea |
N
Narcissus | Narcissus – Alanis Morissette |
Neal | Neal – Chester French |
Ned | Ned Kelly – Johnny Cash |
Nick | Nick And Rob Are Conmen – Paddy Wex |
Nico | Nico And The Niners – Twenty One Pilots |
Nigel | Making Plans For Nigel – XTC |
Nixon | Postcards From Richard Nixon – Elton John |
Noah | Noah and Jacob’s Song – Three Bad Jacks |
Norman | Norman – Sue Thompson |
O
Ocean | The Ocean – Led Zeppelin |
Oliver | Oliver Boy (All Of Our Boys) – Flogging Molly |
Orville | Orville’s Song – Keith Harris & Orville |
Otis | Otis – The Throne |
Otto | Otto Titsling – Bette Midler |
Outlaw | Outlaw Man – The Eagles |
Ozzy | Ozzy – Beck |
P
Pancho | Pancho and Lefty – Townes Van Zandt |
Papa | Papa Won’t Leave You, Henry – Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds |
Patrick | St. Patrick’s Day – John Mayer |
Paul | Paul Revere – Beastie Boys |
Pepper | Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band – The Beatles |
Pete | Pete Standing Alone – Boards of Canada |
Peter | Peter – Jamie T. |
Prince | Prince Johnny – St. Vincent |
Q
Quinn | Quinn the Eskimo – Bob Dylan |
R
Rain | Rain – The Beatles |
Rainbow | Rainbow Eyes – Rainbow |
Ralph | Ralph Wiggum – Bloodhound Gang |
Raoul | Raoul – The Automatic |
Ray | Ray – The Ataris |
Raymond | Raymond – Brett Eldredge |
Red | Red Sam – Flyleaf |
Reggie | Reggie – Redman |
Renegade | Renegade – Styx |
Richard | Richard Cory – Simon & Garfunkel |
Richie | Richie and Reuben – Fountains of Wayne |
Rigby | Eleanor Rigby – The Beatles |
Robert | Doctor Robert – The Beatles |
Rock | Rock Me Amadeus – Falco |
Rocky | Rocky Raccoon – The Beatles |
Roger | Roger That – Young Money |
Roland | Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner – Warren Zevon |
Romeo | Romeo and Jane – Tonio K. |
Ron | Ron’s Piece – Jean-Michel Jarre |
Ronan | Ronan – Taylor Swift |
Ronnie | Ronnie And Neil – Drive-By Truckers |
Rory | Rory’s Radio – Ashton Shepherd |
Roscoe | Roscoe – Midlake |
Roy | Roy Rogers – Elton John |
Rudolph | Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer – Gene Autry |
Rupert | Rupert – Jackie Lee |
Rusty | Rusty – The Dismemberment Plan |
S
Sailor | Sailor – Molly Hatchet |
Saint | Saint Claude – Christine and the Queens |
Salvatore | Salvatore – Lana Del Rey |
Sam | Sam – Massive Attack |
Scorpio | Scorpio Rising – Adam Ant |
Scott | Scott and Connor are Both Dorks – The Pettit Project |
Seamus | Seamus – Pink Floyd |
Sean | Sean Flynn – The Clash |
Sebastian | Sebastian – Cockney Rebel |
Shep | Old Shep – Elvis Presley |
Silver | Maxwell’s Silver Hammer – The Beatles |
Simon | Simon – Lifehouse |
Sir | Sir Duke – Stevie Wonder |
Skip | Skip To My Lou – Traditional |
Snow | Snowball – Devo |
Soldier | One Tin Soldier (The Legend of Billy Jack) – Skeeter Davies |
Solomon | Solomon Browne – Seth Lakeman |
Son | Son of Poop and George – Atom and His Package |
Stan | Stan – Eminem |
Stephen | Stephen – Kesha |
Steve | Steve Polychronopolous – Adam Sandler |
Steven | Steven – Senses Fail |
Stevie | Stevie Ray Blues – Stevie Wonder |
Stu | Boogie With Stu – Led Zeppelin |
Stuart | Stuart and the Ave. – Green Day |
Sun | Blister In The Sun – The Violent Femmes |
Sunny | Sunny Came Home – Shawn Colvin |
Sunshine | Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond) – Ringo Starr |
Sweet | Sweet Baby James – James Taylor |
T
Tad | Tad Loves Kimberly James – Actionslacks |
Taylor | Prayer For Taylor – Michael W. Smith |
Ted | Ted, Just Admit It… – Jane’s Addiction |
Teddy | Teddy Boy – Paul McCartney |
Terrence | Terrence Loves You – Lana Del Rey |
Terry | Terry – Twinkle |
Thomas | Thomas – A Perfect Circle |
Tim | Tim Allen Is Not Very Funny – Atom and His Package |
Timmy | This Is Your Life Timmy Lea – Sue Cheyenne |
Timothy | Timothy – Buoys |
Tom | Tom and Mary – Ben Folds Five |
Tommy | Tommy Gun – The Clash |
Tony | Groovy Tony – ScHoolboy Q |
Trayvon | We Are Trayvon – Plies |
Turner | Tiimmy Turner – Desiigner |
Ty | Ty Cobb – Soundgarden |
Tyler | Tyler Got Him a Tesla – Florida Georgia Line |
Tyrone | Tyrone – Erykah Badu |
V
Valentino | Valentino – Bowling For Soup |
Victor | Victor E – Gilbert O’Sullivan |
Vincent | Vincent – Don McLean |
Vlad | Vlad The Impaler – Kasabian |
W
Walter | Walter’s Walk – Led Zeppelin |
Waylon | Waylon’s Guitar – Hank Williams, Jr. |
Wendell | Wendell Gee – R.E.M. |
Wesley | Wesley’s Theory – Kendrick Lamar |
Wild | Wild Billy’s Circus Story – Bruce Springsteen |
William | William It Was Really Nothing – The Smiths |
Willie | Willie the Pimp – Frank Zappa |
Winter | Winter Dreams (Brandon’s Song) – Kelly Clarkson |
Woodstock | Woodstock – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young |
Woody | Song To Woody – Bob Dylan |
Wyatt | Lullaby For Wyatt – Sheryl Crow |
Z
Zack | Zack and Codeine – Post Malone |
Zak | Zak and Sara – Ben Folds |
Ziggy | Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie |
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