Musician Baby Names

Naming babies for personal heroes is the cool contemporary trend followed by Woody Allen when he honored New Orleans jazz clarinetist Sidney Bechet in his daughter's name--adding the middle name Dumaine after a cornet player who was another of his musical heroes. Bechet has a nice, catchy Gallic feel.

This form of the Arabic Zaina entered the Bosnia and Herzegovinia Top 100 for the first time in 2023. A name with a pleasant meaning and appealing sound, it ultimately derives from the popular Arabic boy name, Zayn.