Musical Baby Names

  1. Galinda
    • Origin:

      Germanic
    • Meaning:

      "soft singing voice"
    • Description:

      The original name of Glinda from Gregory Maguire's novel Wicked and the subsequent Broadway musical. She drops the 'a' from her name to honor a goat, who mispronounced her name as a Glinda.
  2. Kirtana
    • Origin:

      Hindi, Sanskrit
    • Meaning:

      "narrating, chanting, telling; devotional song"
    • Description:

      Also rendered as Kirtan, this name derives from a Sanskrit word meaning "describing, reciting, telling". It refers specifically to relating stories in Indian religions and to performances of devotional, narrative songs.