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Written by Mary Fetzer

If you're a music lover who's looking for a special and unique name for your baby boy or girl, then this is the list for you. We've rounded up a list of classical music-inspired names that spans centuries.

Early Music (1000-1600)

“Early Music” is that of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Bestow a truly unique name – Trina and Vielle – on your child with one of these Early Music baby names.

Gloria – Sacred vocal music featuring beautiful Glorias was the basis the centuries of music to follow.
Guido – Guido d’Arezzo described the stave and use of the fingers and hands to remember music. (1030)
Leon (or Leo) – This name pays tribute to Leonin, who composed significant church music for Notre Dame. (late 1100s)
Melody – The evolution of short, regular and simple music and extensive, elaborate and complex music occurred during the Early Music age.
Nova – Ars Nova was a musical treatise attributed to French composer and music theorist Philippe de Vitry. (1320)
Peri (or Perry) – Choose this name in honor of Jacopo Peri, who is credited for composing Euridice, the first surviving opera. (late 1500s)
Polly – The name Polly pays tribute to the rise of polyphonic forms of composition. Polyphonic means many voices.
Tallis – Thomas Tallis was a well-known English composer of both religious and secular works. (1500s)
Trina – Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was an important Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music. (1500s)
Vielle – This early instrument was a forerunner to the violin.

The Baroque Era (1600-1750)

The Baroque era gave us opera, orchestras and a flourishing of violin and keyboard music. And it also inspires musical baby names such as Cristofori and Johann.

Angelo (or Angela) – The most famous violinist-composer of the Baroque period was Arcangelo Corelli.
Barbara – This hugely popular Venetian poet and singer was the adopted (or perhaps illegitimate) daughter of composer Giulio Strozzi.
Carissa – This name pays tribute to Giacomo Carissimi, who is credited for inventing the cantata.
Cristofori – Bartolomeo Cristofori built the first pianoforte in 1709.
Giovanni – Giovanni was the first name of Baroque composers Vitali and Pergolesi.
Johann – Beloved composers Bach, Pachelbel and Froberger were famous bearers of this Baroque moniker.
Lully – Italian-born Jean-Baptiste Lully was the superintendent of music to Louis XIV.
Tori – The name Tori pays tribute to Oratorio, a kind of dramatic vocal music akin to the opera. (early 1600s)

The Classical Era (1750-1820)

Almost every development in Western music can be traced back to the Classical Era. Bestow a truly classical name -- such as Amadeus or Ludwig -- on your little prodigy.

Amadeus – The famous middle name of the most prodigious musician of all time: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
London – Twelve of Haydn’s later works are known collectively as the London Symphonies.
Ludwig – Ludwig was the first name of German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, the supreme iconic figure of Western music.
Quint – Luigi Cherubini produced his first opera, Quinto Fabio, in 1780
Vienna – Vienna is the musical city in which Beethoven studied with Haydn and Mozart.

The Romantic Era (1810-1920)

Musicians of the Romantic Era embraced originality, emotion, instinct and the beauty of nature. Would you give your child a “romantic” name such as Clara or Nicolo?

Caprice – Paganini published the 24 Caprices for Solo Violin in 1819.
Fanny – Fanny Mendelssohn, along with Clara Schumann – was a celebrated female composers of the Romantic Era.
Felix – German Felix Mendelssohn was one of the most naturally gifted artists in the history of music.
Franz – Franz Schubert, an Austrian, lived to be just 30 years old. Franz Liszt, a Hungarian, is said to have been the central figure of the Romantic movement.
Frederic – Frederic Chopin, a Polish composer and “the first poet of the piano,” was the consummate Romantic musician.
Nicolo – This name pays tribute to Nicolo Paganini, the mysterious and imaginative Italian composer.
Schumann – The surname of German composer Robert Schumann would make a fabulous first name for a boy.