Jazz Name Generator

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Generate a jazz name in the classic tradition: a nickname hitched to a first name and surname, like Theodore "Slim" Beaumont or Kansas City Earl Pruitt, plus royal titles, instrument tags, hometown handles and elegant full names for a fictional musician or your own stage persona.

About jazz names

Jazz has the richest nickname culture in music, and a good jazz name follows the rules that culture set between the 1920s and the 1950s. Most nicknames came from the bandstand and described something about the player: their build (Fats, Slim, Stretch, Shorty), their temperament (Dizzy, Cool, Smiley, Mumbles), the thing they played (Bones, Sticks, Keys, Skins) or the town they came up in (Philly, Kansas City, Storyville). Food was a favourite source too, which is why Sweets, Cornbread, Jelly Bean and Hambone all sound right on a horn player.

The other great tradition is mock nobility. Bandleaders and fans handed out titles as a sign of respect, so the music ended up with Dukes, Counts, Kings, Earls, Ladies and Barons, and a name like Count Roscoe Blaine or Lady Clementine Rooks immediately sounds like the top of a marquee. Written out, the classic format is First "Nickname" Last, or the nickname simply replaces the first name, as in Hoot Lafleur or Honey Dupree.

This generator mixes all of those styles with elegant period full names (Celeste Arnaud, Lazarus Brightwater), nickname handles, animal tags, jive talk, railroad road names and initials, so you can answer the "what is my jazz name" game, christen a character in a noir novel, or find a stage persona for a festival poster.

How to choose jazz names

  • Let the nickname say something true. The best jazz handles describe a build, a habit, an instrument or a hometown, so a quiet tall pianist is 'Stretch' or 'Professor', never 'Thunder'.
  • Pick one format and stick to it on posters and records: First "Nickname" Last for a full billing, or Nickname Last for something punchier.
  • Use titles sparingly. One Duke or Lady in a band is a compliment; three is a joke, and the name should still work if you drop the title.
  • Check the surname against the era. Period-sounding surnames (Beaumont, Thibodeaux, Okonkwo, Marchetti) sell a 1940s persona; a very modern surname can feel off next to a vintage nickname.
  • Say the whole thing as an MC would: 'Ladies and gentlemen, Kansas City Earl Pruitt.' If it does not roll off the tongue in one breath, shorten it.

Frequently asked questions

How do you come up with a jazz name?

Start with a nickname that describes the musician, for example their size, their personality, their instrument or their hometown, then attach it to a first name and a surname with some period flavour. Theodore "Slim" Beaumont, Philly Mo Rackley and Sticks McAllister all follow that pattern. If the player is a bandleader, a mock title such as Duke, Count or Lady also fits the tradition.

Why do jazz musicians have nicknames like Duke, Count and King?

In the 1920s and 1930s those titles were bestowed by bandmates, fans and promoters as a mark of respect for a musician's elegance or dominance. The habit stuck, so a royal title in front of a jazz name still signals a bandleader with real stature.

Are these real jazz musicians' names?

They are not meant to be. The nicknames follow the classic styles (Fats, Slim, Sweets, Bones, Dizzy) and the full names were made up for this list, which was de-duplicated and screened but not checked against real artists. With 1,000 names a match with a working musician is possible, so search a name before you put it on a poster or a record.

Can I use a jazz name as my own stage name?

Yes, and many working musicians do. Choose something that suits your instrument and personality, search it to make sure no one is already gigging under it, and pick a format you can keep consistent on posters, streaming profiles and social media.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 35 names

  • A.J. Bontemps
  • Absalom "Slick" Monroe
  • Accordion Abe Dubrow
  • Accra Kofi Mensah
  • Ace High Asa Renfro
  • Adelaide Castellano
  • Adeline "Addie" Gautreaux
  • Admiral Pete Stanhope
  • Adolphus "Dolph" Pinkerton
  • After Hours Annie Voight
  • Algiers Augie Petrakis
  • Alistair "Ace" Rumsford
  • Alley Cat Alvin Roper
  • Alonzo "Lonzo Blue" Cabrera
  • Alphonse "Feathers" Dubuque
  • Althea "Thimble" Rosemond
  • Alto Al Pinkney
  • Amadeus "Skeets" Harrow
  • Ambassador Basil Kwan
  • Amber Abigail Koch
  • Ambrose "Bones" Whitlow
  • Ambrose Delacroix
  • Amos "Mossy" Derouen
  • Annabeth "Banjo" Culpepper
  • Anselm Ryder
  • Apollo Al Greaves
  • Arabella "Bella Blue" Kinsella
  • Araminta Grosvenor
  • Archibald "Archie Bones" Greer
  • Archtop Artie Vaughn
  • Atlanta Addie Peachtree
  • Augustine "Auggie" Molyneux
  • Augustus "Shorty" Merriwether
  • Auntie Mae Comeaux
  • Aurelia Beauchamp

B: 99 names

  • B.G. Rousseve
  • Babe Ruffino
  • Baby Dee Winslow
  • Backbeat Bea Colangelo
  • Backstage Bobby Ruiz
  • Baltimore Bess Marr
  • Bandstand Bart Kelleher
  • Banjo Bart Greenleaf
  • Bari Barry Lowenstein
  • Baritone Barnaby Keel
  • Barnabas "Bunny" Lessard
  • Barnaby Ashgrove
  • Baron Augustin Villiers
  • Baron Thibault Graves
  • Baroness Ida Clement
  • Barrelhouse Bea Tucker
  • Bartholomew "Boots" Tremaine
  • Basin Street Bess
  • Bass Clef Clive Mattingly
  • Bass Face Ivory
  • Bassoon Boone Vandiver
  • Baton Rouge Ruby Gaudet
  • Bayou Bill Arceneaux
  • Beale Street Boo
  • Bear Cub Benny Sizemore
  • Beatrix "Bix-a-Lix" Harlow
  • Beauregard "Bo" Lemoine
  • Bebop Benny Okafor
  • Beignet Benoit Savoie
  • Bell Tone Bella Kaplan
  • Benedict "Bumps" Lorimer
  • Beret Bernadette Loisel
  • Berlin Bertha Kranz

B, continued

  • Bernadine Quince
  • Bernard "Brushes" Kowalczyk
  • Bertram "Bumpy" Ostrander
  • Bettina "Bitsy" Marlin
  • Beulah "Beau" Kimathi
  • Big Al Thibodeaux
  • Big Bertha Talbot
  • Big G.W. Tillotson
  • Big Mama Thelma Vosburgh
  • Biggie Olawale
  • Biloxi Bill Ledoux
  • Birdland Billy Kade
  • Birmingham Birdie Lanier
  • Biscuit Lou Tanner
  • Biscuits Barlow
  • Bishop Elias Fenn
  • Black Bottom Bessie Rowe
  • Blinky Alderete
  • Bloodhound Blaine Scruggs
  • Blowin' Bobby Lascaux
  • Blue Jay Jay Fortenberry
  • Blue Lou Barzini
  • Blue Note Barney Vail
  • Blue Third Thea Maddern
  • Bluebird Bettye Lomax
  • Bongo Bobby Escalante
  • Boogaloo Lou Ella Banks
  • Boogie Bill Pembrook
  • Booker "Bookie" Trahan
  • Boots Delahunt
  • Bootsie Delaney
  • Bop Tomas Alcala
  • Boppin' Bernie Zuckerman

B, continued

  • Bossa Bea Almeida
  • Boston Bea Kilbride
  • Bounce Bennie Ruffin
  • Bourbon Street Benny
  • Bow Arm Bo Lindstrom
  • Bowtie Benny Stroud
  • Boxcars Bix Holcombe
  • Brakeman Booker Tims
  • Brass Button Buddy Shay
  • Bridge Bridget Flanagan
  • Bright Eyes Bessie Kemp
  • Bronx Bobby Scarpelli
  • Bronze Bell Bronson Leake
  • Bronzeville Bernice Yates
  • Brooklyn Benny Fischer
  • Brother Ezekiel Hartwell
  • Brother Hap Lindqvist
  • Brushes Dell Carmody
  • Bubbles Fontaine
  • Buck Torrance
  • Buddy Roy Kimbrough
  • Buenos Aires Beto Paz
  • Bugle Bill Orton
  • Bullfrog Buford Hays
  • Bumps Halliday
  • Bunk Marchese
  • Bunny Hollander
  • Burton "Burt Tone" Sakamoto
  • Bus Stop Buster Vancil
  • Buster Callaghan
  • Butter Bean Beau Fuselier
  • Buttercup Bennie Shaw
  • Butterfly Bea Onwuachi

C: 94 names

  • C.C. Winterson
  • Caboose Cab Engel
  • Cadenza Candace Lobo
  • Cakewalk Cal Ogden
  • Calliope "Cal" Fitzhugh
  • Calypso Cal Joseph
  • Camille "Cricket" Landreneau
  • Canal Street Kit Darbonne
  • Canary Carrie Lou Stubbs
  • Cane Syrup Cyrus Dupuy
  • Cannon Cal Ibarra
  • Cap Winterhalter
  • Cape Town Kip Daniels
  • Captain Mose Prejean
  • Caspian "Cappy" Delmonico
  • Cassander Noble
  • Cassius "Doodle" Wren
  • Castanet Carmen Leyva
  • Cat's Pajamas PJ Morrow
  • Catfish Carl Dorsey
  • Cedric "Cedar" Lindholm
  • Celeste Arnaud
  • Celeste Cecile Arnaud
  • Central Avenue Cecil Moten
  • Cha Cha Charlie Ruiz
  • Chancellor Luther Mbeya
  • Charleston Chas Legare
  • Charleston Chuck Ames
  • Cherry Red Winslow
  • Chester "Chimney" Osei
  • Chicago Chet Halvorsen

C, continued

  • Chick Zamora
  • Chicory Chick Bergeron
  • Chimes Charlie Wakefield
  • Chitlin Chuck Ramsey
  • Chops Charlie Greaves
  • Chorus Corinne Aucoin
  • Chubby Verlaine
  • Cincinnati Cid Brumfield
  • Cinnamon Sue Brandt
  • Clarabelle "Bells" Mwangi
  • Clarence "Pudge" Okonedo
  • Clarinet Clem Hardaway
  • Clave Clara Betancourt
  • Clavinet Cleo Ashford
  • Clementine "Clem" Arceneaux
  • Cletus "Peanut" Bridgewater
  • Cleveland Cliff Danvers
  • Coda Cody Zanetti
  • Colonel Virgil Oakes
  • Commodore Jules Peltier
  • Conga Connie Baptiste
  • Congo Square Clyde Mouton
  • Constance "Connie Lou" Whitmore
  • Contrabass Conrad Vukovic
  • Cookie Montalvo
  • Cookin' Cora Lee Hobbs
  • Cool Breeze Calvin Hayes
  • Cool Cal Winslow
  • Cool Cat Cass Mabrey
  • Cool Papa Lonzo Hines
  • Copacetic Cope Hanley

C, continued

  • Copenhagen Carl Holm
  • Copper Top Coop Hennessy
  • Cordelia "Bird Dog" Fenwick
  • Coretta "Coco" Babineaux
  • Cornbread Cal Bishop
  • Cornelia "Corky" Dubois
  • Cornelius "Cootie" Vance
  • Cornelius "Cornbread" Haskins
  • Cornelius Whitlow
  • Cornell Ashbury
  • Cornet Connie Lazarus
  • Count Leopold Marchand
  • Count Roscoe Blaine
  • Countess Marguerite Lavelle
  • Countess Odalys Verrette
  • Cousin Ray Pellegrino
  • Cowbell Cal Benoit
  • Cozy Winthrop
  • Crash Carl Ostrowski
  • Crawdad Curtis Monroe
  • Crazy Legs Lennie Prue
  • Creole Cal Thibodeaux
  • Crescent City Cora Jolivet
  • Cricket Laveau
  • Croonin' Cleo Montero
  • Crosstie Cross Baugh
  • Cufflinks Cliff Mondello
  • Cut Time Curtis Ashe
  • Cuthbert "Cubby" Santangelo
  • Cyclone Cy Holloway
  • Cymbal Sam Ocasio
  • Cyrus "Cy Note" Madsen

D: 44 names

  • Daddy-O Dale Farraday
  • Dallas Dell Haygood
  • Dame Agatha Fontana
  • Daybreak Dell Fairley
  • Deacon Rollo Fairbanks
  • Dean Mortimer Akins
  • Delphina Marquette
  • Delphine "Dimples" Arceneaux
  • Delta Dee Rawlins
  • Demetrius "Metronome" Olatunji
  • Denver Dex Montano
  • Derby Dan Kilgore
  • Desmond "Dizzy" Achebe
  • Detroit Dee Lindgren
  • Deuce Dudley Kerrigan
  • Diamond Dee Lacroix
  • Dig It Digby Fenner
  • Dimples Arnette
  • Dinah "Dynamite" Oglesby
  • Dipper Maldonado
  • Dixie Dan Bouchard
  • Dizzy Lou Marchetti

D, continued

  • Doc Amos Whitfield
  • Doc Wiley Farnsworth
  • Doctor J.P. Narcisse
  • Dolly Mae Thackston
  • Doodles Nwankwo
  • Dorothea "Dot" Nakamura
  • Double Bass Dobie Rush
  • Double Down Donnie Rusk
  • Double Time Dewey Culp
  • Downbeat Dom Salerno
  • Downtown Dottie Marsh
  • Dreamin' Dee Dee Lavoie
  • Driftin' Drew Carraway
  • Duchess Marguerite Bell
  • Duchess Ophelia Dunbar
  • Ducky Chiasson
  • Duke Anselmo Trask
  • Duke Ellis Farrow
  • Duke Everett Sable
  • Dulcie Pennywell
  • Dusty Roads Calhoun
  • Dutch Leveque

E: 26 names

  • Earl "Smoky" Benoit
  • Earl Hobart Whitlatch
  • Earl Sylvester Blanchard
  • Ebony Eb Thornton
  • Eighteenth and Vine Vern
  • Elbows Hanrahan
  • Elder Josiah Mbah
  • Elijah "Easy" Ravenel
  • Ellington "Elly" Braithwaite
  • Elmore "Mellow" Jefferies
  • Embouchure Emmy Rost
  • Emerald Em Gallagher
  • Emile Vautrin
  • Emmett "Dusty" Fairchild
  • Encore Ernie Vasquez
  • Ephraim "Stumpy" Gaines
  • Esme "Echo" Laframboise
  • Estelle "Starlet" Adeyemi
  • Eudora "Dolly" Rousselle
  • Euphonium Eunice Tibbs
  • Eustace "Sweets" Delacroix
  • Evander Saint-Cyr
  • Evangeline "Vangie" Pruitt
  • Everett "Smack" Hargrove
  • Ezekiel "Smiley" Moreau
  • Ezra Kingsbury

F: 33 names

  • Fake Book Faye Rosenthal
  • Fats Lorenzo Pike
  • Fedora Frank Ambrosio
  • Fenella "Fizz" Montoya
  • Ferdinand "Fuzzy" Okonkwo
  • Fermata Fern Giordano
  • Ferry Boat Ferris Oleson
  • Fiddle Fitz Harlan
  • Fifty-Second Street Syd
  • Firefly Fiona Addo
  • Flat Five Freddie Moss
  • Flatcar Flynn Madrigal
  • Fleur Dandurand
  • Flip Moreno
  • Florence "Stretch" Okpara
  • Florian Okwuosa
  • Flossie "Floss" Dandridge
  • Flugel Flo Whitaker
  • Flute Flossie Arcement
  • Fog Horn Forrest Leland
  • Footlights Fay Duvall
  • Four Leaf Clover Cloe Dunn
  • Fox Trot Felix Hadley
  • Franklin "Sparks" Odom
  • Frantic Fran Kopec
  • Free Freddie Lassiter
  • Frenchmen Street Flora
  • Fretless Fred Bellamy
  • Freya "Frost" Hallgren
  • Frisco Fay Tanaka
  • Full House Hugh Standish
  • Funk Felix Okonjo
  • Fuzzy Ambrosetti

G: 34 names

  • Gangplank Hank Olivier
  • Garfield "Gar" Sorensen
  • Garnet Garrett Musgrove
  • Gaston "Gator" Melancon
  • Gate Mouth Gabe Tillis
  • General Leroy Peebles
  • Geneva "Gin Fizz" Larkspur
  • Genevieve Rooks
  • Gentilly Gus Robicheaux
  • Georgette "Gigi" Okonta
  • Ghost Note Gus Hamlin
  • Gideon "Gabby" Falconer
  • Giggles Santamaria
  • Gilbert Sommerset
  • Ginger Mae Saavedra
  • Ginger Snap Ferrell
  • Glissando Gladys Pellerin
  • Glockenspiel Greta Holz
  • Gold Tooth Goldie Marsden
  • Golden Horn Gordon Pace
  • Gone Cat Gunnar Lind
  • Governor Ike Hardwick
  • Grackle Greer Milburn
  • Granddaddy Amos Tull
  • Grasshopper Grant Loving
  • Gravy Gus Whitlock
  • Grey Fox Graham Tolson
  • Groove Gus Pennington
  • Groovin' Grady Mims
  • Groovy Gracie Wynn
  • Guinevere Stallworth
  • Guiro Gil Morales
  • Gumbo Joe Lafitte
  • Gwendolyn "Gwennie" Thackeray

H: 52 names

  • H.B. Montegut
  • Half Step Hattie Lundy
  • Hambone Henry Goss
  • Hammond Hal Fisk
  • Happy Jack Foyle
  • Hard Bop Harry Nolan
  • Harlem Hank Oyelowo
  • Harlem Hattie Rountree
  • Harmonica Hank Tolliver
  • Harp Harriet Whitlow
  • Harriet Beaumont
  • Havana Hector Rivas
  • Hawkeye Hal Bruneau
  • Head Chart Charlie Ozawa
  • Heat Wave Hazel Trevino
  • Henrietta "Hen" Sauvage
  • Hepcat Harold Jessup
  • Heron Hershel Baines
  • Hester "Hush Puppy" Dantzler
  • Hezekiah "Hez" Thornbury
  • Hi-De-Ho Hobie Starks
  • Hi-Hat Hattie Moss
  • High Roller Rollie Sabatini
  • Highway Hy Lattimore
  • Hip Harvey Slocum
  • Hiram "Highball" Stapleton

H, continued

  • Hoagie Brennan
  • Hoboken Hank Mazzola
  • Hollerin' Hal Brister
  • Hollis Baudelaire
  • Hollow Body Hollis Crane
  • Honey Bear Hattie Cobbs
  • Honey Bee Hilda Moss
  • Honey Dupree
  • Honeycomb Hank Prior
  • Honkin' Homer Bledsoe
  • Hoot Lafleur
  • Horace "Hoss" Beaulieu
  • Horatio "Gumdrop" Blanc
  • Horn Louie Pascal
  • Horseshoe Horace Wynne
  • Hortense "Honeydew" Pickering
  • Hot Biscuit Bishop Ruddock
  • Hot Lips Lorna Vail
  • Hot Sauce Harvey Nunn
  • Hot Toddy Theo Banning
  • Hotcha Charlie Mazur
  • Houston Huey Roybal
  • Hubert "Hubcap" Varela
  • Hummin' Hattie Nolan
  • Hurricane Hattie Nunez
  • Hyacinth "Cinders" Bellweather

I: 13 names

  • Ignatia "Sparrow" Villanueva
  • Ignatius "Flip" Pell
  • Ignatius "Tubs" Malloy
  • Imelda "Mimi" Fonseca
  • Imogen Tourneau
  • In the Groove Irv Stahl
  • Indianapolis Indy Voorhees
  • Ironjaw Jimmy Callender
  • Irving "Irv" Goldfarb
  • Isadora Penhallow
  • Isidore "Izzy" Rosenblatt
  • Ives "Ivory Ives" Charpentier
  • Ivory Ike Bramwell

J: 29 names

  • J.B. Fontenelle
  • J.J. Saint-Amant
  • Jack of Hearts Jackie Dial
  • Jackpot Jack Eubanks
  • Jackson Jake Easterling
  • Jade Jacinta Womack
  • Jambalaya Jack Thibault
  • Jasper "Jive" Sinclair
  • Jaybird Jabari Clemons
  • Jazzbo Winterbourne
  • Jedediah "Jed" Strickland
  • Jelly Bean Joanna Crowder
  • Jerome "Jelly" Navarrete
  • Jinx Vasseur
  • Jitterbug Jenny Maddox
  • Jive Talk Jimmy Venable
  • Jivin' Jules Antoine
  • Josephine "Jojo" Lamoreaux
  • Josette "Jazzie" Theriot
  • Josiah "Sweets" Cantrell
  • Jubilee "Hambone" Stokes
  • Judge Lester Kavanagh
  • Jug Jasper Cole
  • Jughead Parrish
  • Julius Adegoke
  • Jumpin' Jack Devereux
  • Jumpin' Jive Jo Sharkey
  • June Bug Junie Castle
  • Junior Oyelade

K: 17 names

  • K.D. Laramore
  • Kalimba Kwame Darko
  • Kansas City Earl Pruitt
  • Kansas City Katie Frost
  • Katydid Katy Lou Ferris
  • Keys Montague
  • Kick Drum Kenny Lusk
  • Kid Lemuel Fortier
  • Killer Diller Dilly Kane
  • King Jeremiah Okereke
  • King Otis Pemberton
  • King Solomon Adjei
  • Kingfisher Kit Oyama
  • Kingston Kaya Lindo
  • Kitten Marceau
  • Knuckles Pomeroy
  • Kyoto Kenji Arakawa

L: 54 names

  • Lady Clementine Rooks
  • Lady Henrietta Sparrow
  • Lady Isolde Marchmont
  • Lady Sapphire Dunne
  • Lady Velvet Moreau
  • Lafayette Lou Boudreaux
  • Lagos Lola Adeniyi
  • Lanky Gaspard
  • Last Call Larry Oduya
  • Late Set Leon Marquez
  • Latin Lou Figueroa
  • Laughin' Lou Ferraro
  • Lavender "Lavvy" Hightower
  • Lavinia "Sparkle" Ekwueme
  • Lazarus Brightwater
  • Lead Sheet Lena Kraus
  • Leander "Lefty" Donahue
  • Lemon Drop Lucinda
  • Lemuel "Lem" Hawthorne
  • Lenore "Nora" Vanterpool
  • Lenox Avenue Lou
  • Leopold "Mumbles" Castellano
  • Leroy "Longshot" Pardue
  • Levee Lee Roy Naquin
  • Lick Lenny Schwartz
  • Lightning Les Tolbert
  • Lindy Lou Hopper

L, continued

  • Linus "Lullaby" Petrov
  • Lionel "Dutch" Fairweather
  • Lionel Okafor
  • Lips Macklin
  • Little Brother Tyrone Eads
  • Little J.R. Hollins
  • Little Jimmy Ashcroft
  • Little Sister Winnie Gayle
  • London Len Fairbrother
  • Long Odds Odell Fitch
  • Long Tall Lonnie Varga
  • Lord Bertrand Okeke
  • Lord Percival Kwarteng
  • Lorenzo "Renzo" Bartolini
  • Loretta "Lettie" Balogun
  • Los Angeles Lalo Arriaga
  • Lottie "Lollipop" Hebert
  • Louisville Lola Kettering
  • Lucien Beaubien
  • Lucille "Scrapple" Vardon
  • Lucinda "Lark" Hathaway
  • Lucius "Lucky" Montrose
  • Lucky Sam Bianchi
  • Lucky Seven Sven Dahl
  • Ludovic "Lucky Lou" Feraud
  • Lungs Onyango
  • Lysander Thorne

M: 69 names

  • M.K. Villere
  • Mack "Mackerel" Dupont
  • Madame Lucille Desrosiers
  • Madame Odile Fontenot
  • Mademoiselle Fifi Laroche
  • Maestra Paloma Ibanez
  • Maestro Rinaldo Sforza
  • Magnolia "Maggie Mae" Fontenot
  • Major Horatio Swann
  • Major Key Mac Trimble
  • Mallets Mallory Finch
  • Mama Lou Granger
  • Mambo Manny Arroyo
  • Mandolin Manny Ricci
  • Maracas Max Ibarra
  • Marcella "Chimes" Whitby
  • Marcellus "Pinch" Dupre
  • Marguerite "Mags" Lefevre
  • Marietta "Etta Mae" Soileau
  • Marigny Max Landry
  • Marimba Mary Lasalle
  • Marquis Etienne Laurier
  • Matilda "Tiger" Rawlings
  • Maximilian "Maxie" Vandenberg
  • Maybelle "Maybe" Sturdivant
  • Mayor Ernie Carbone
  • Meadowlark Marla Doss
  • Mellow Mel Arbuckle
  • Memphis Mel Durant
  • Mercy Lou Tremaine
  • Midnight Mel Dorsett
  • Midnight Special Spence Arp
  • Millicent "Mouse" Tolliver
  • Milwaukee Milt Gruber

M, continued

  • Minerva "Minnie" Coughlin
  • Minor Key Minnie Garber
  • Minton Mo Garrett
  • Mirabel Oyebanji
  • Miss Della Mae Sutton
  • Miss Ivy Carrington
  • Miss Josephine Valdez
  • Miss Lena Brightwater
  • Miss Mabel Tourneau
  • Miss Pearl Okonkwo
  • Miss Ruby Lafleur
  • Miss V.V. Lamarque
  • Miss Viola Prentiss
  • Mister Cool Ferrante
  • Mister Sly Bonneville
  • Mister T.C. Dufresne
  • Moanin' Mo Pickens
  • Mobile Mose Chastain
  • Mockingbird Mavis Keane
  • Molasses Mo Truitt
  • Monsieur Pierre Rousseau
  • Montgomery "Monty" Abiodun
  • Montreal Margot Lachance
  • Montreux Max Berger
  • Mooch Benedetto
  • Mookie Duhon
  • Moonlight Mo Caruso
  • Moonstone Mona Truesdale
  • Moose Lagarde
  • Mordecai "Mo" Abramowitz
  • Mortimer "Fats" Ledbetter
  • Motor City Monk Pulaski
  • Mouthpiece Milo Scarlatti
  • Muggsy Tremont
  • Mute Manny Rivera

N: 19 names

  • Nadine "Nightshade" Colbert
  • Nashville Nat Overstreet
  • Natchez Nell Prudhomme
  • Nathaniel "Skinny" Broussard
  • Nelson "Nails" Crutchfield
  • Nestor Villareal
  • New Orleans Nate Batiste
  • Newark Nicky Brancato
  • Newport Nell Duquesne
  • Nibs Cavendish
  • Nicodemus "Nicky Boy" Falco
  • Night Heron Noel Saucier
  • Night Owl Olivia Pruett
  • Night Train Nate Holloman
  • Nightbird Nina Callow
  • Nightcap Nick Tedesco
  • Nighthawk Ned Ransome
  • Nightingale Nettie Strand
  • North Wind Norbert Quist

O: 23 names

  • O.C. Drummond
  • Oakland Ollie Brannock
  • Obadiah "Obie" Tillman
  • Obbligato Obie Renner
  • Oboe Odell Kirkbride
  • Octave Octavia Sprague
  • Octavia "Tuffy" Bellerose
  • Octavius Blakeney
  • Odessa "Ditto" Kincaid
  • Odette "Dove" Charbonnet
  • Offbeat Ozzie Pruett
  • Okra Oscar Leger
  • Old Lion Lionel Staggs
  • Omaha Otto Sheffield
  • One-Nighter Nita Bowe
  • Onyx Otis Brackett
  • Opal Ophelia Tran
  • Ophelia "Hush" Marchand
  • Organ Ozzie Lamont
  • Orlando "Lando" Pacheco
  • Orville "Owl" Hutchins
  • Oswald Lafitte
  • Ottoline "Otto" Greenbaum

P: 54 names

  • P.W. Lascelles
  • Paddlewheel Paddy Rafferty
  • Papa Cleon Baptiste
  • Paris Pete Lacombe
  • Parson Jethro Wilkes
  • Patent Leather Lou
  • Pauline "Polly" Zielinski
  • Peach Cobbler Cobb Tillery
  • Peaches Marlowe
  • Pearl Diver Perla Santos
  • Pearlie "Pearl Drop" Nwosu
  • Pecan Pie Paulette Voisin
  • Pee Wee Hollis
  • Peewee Alarie
  • Penny Ante Petra Ambrose
  • Percival "Pepper" Grimshaw
  • Percival Montclair
  • Pernell Sainte-Marie
  • Persephone "Percy" Ashby
  • Philippa "Pip" Sandoval
  • Philly Frankie Pastore
  • Philly Mo Rackley
  • Philomena Delaroche
  • Phineas "Finn" Garrity
  • Piano Red Coulter
  • Piccolo Pippa Lombardi
  • Pinky Wetherell

P, continued

  • Pinstripe Paulie Rizzo
  • Pistol Pete Lamarr
  • Pittsburgh Paulie Dunphy
  • Pizzicato Pete Marinaro
  • Platinum Platt Dewberry
  • Pluckin' Pearl Eastman
  • Plunger Pete Soames
  • Pocket Pat Moreland
  • Pocket Trumpet Pia Longo
  • Polyrhythm Polly Akintola
  • Pony Boy Paxton Easley
  • Pops Willoughby
  • Pork Pie Percy Hatch
  • Porkchop Lacey
  • Portland Pru Eckhart
  • Possum Paul Dawkins
  • Poundin' Paulie Costanza
  • Praline Pru Chenier
  • Preacher Roy Danforth
  • Prince Amari Lockhart
  • Prince Cornelius Babatunde
  • Prince Horace Oduya
  • Princess Nadia Bouvier
  • Professor Ezra Lamont
  • Prudence "Prue" Adebayo
  • Pullman Porter Leblanc
  • Punch Aldana

Q: 7 names

  • Queen Esther Ballantyne
  • Queen Lavinia Sterne
  • Queen of Clubs Queenie Roe
  • Queenie Hardcastle
  • Quentin "Quill" Asante
  • Quickstep Quincy Oyelaran
  • Quintessa Harcourt

R: 47 names

  • R.J. Bellecourt
  • Rabbit Foot Ralphie Dove
  • Ragtime Rollo Haverford
  • Ramblin' Remy Doucet
  • Ramona Escalante
  • Rampart Roscoe Vega
  • Ransom "Ramble" Ogunleye
  • Raymond "Rooster" Guillory
  • Razzmatazz Raz Dillard
  • Real Gone Gene Rucker
  • Red Bean Reggie Poche
  • Red Cap Rex Dugas
  • Red Top Dugan
  • Red Vallance
  • Reed Sterling Hale
  • Reet Petite Rita Sams
  • Reginald "Rags" Whitcombe
  • Reverend Jubal Tate
  • Rhinestone Rhonda Kisner
  • Rhoda "Rhody" Pinchback
  • Rhodes Ronnie Falkner
  • Richmond Rhett Tazewell
  • Ride Rudy Cornwall

R, continued

  • Riff Rafe Donnelly
  • Righteous Rich Tuttle
  • Rimshot Ray Tolliver
  • Rio Rosa Pereira
  • Rip Corrigan
  • Riverboat Remy Guidroz
  • Road Dog Rodney Sills
  • Rockin' Rosie Lambert
  • Rollin' Rollo Haskins
  • Rosalie Vandermolen
  • Rosalind "Rosy" Oyelaran
  • Rosamund "Rosebud" Ashworth
  • Roscoe "Tex" Tannehill
  • Roseland Rae Pickett
  • Rosetta "Zeta" Quintero
  • Roulette Rafe Kimble
  • Roundhouse Rowan Plum
  • Ruby Red Renata Soto
  • Rudolph "Rudy Blue" Kessler
  • Rufus Oyelowo
  • Rumba Rosa Delgado
  • Rupert "Pinky" Castellanos
  • Rusty Calderwood
  • Rutherford "Ruddy" Okoro

S: 136 names

  • Samba Sam Oliveira
  • San Antonio Tonio Garza
  • San Juan Juanita Colon
  • Sapphire Sophie Rayburn
  • Sassafras Sass Whitten
  • Satin Sadie Mortimer
  • Savannah Sue Ralston
  • Savoy Sam Leclair
  • Sax Sadie Wexford
  • Scat Sally Harmon
  • Scattin' Sally Prince
  • Scoops Bellingham
  • Scooter Malveaux
  • Scotty Mackenzie
  • Scrappy Delahaye
  • Seattle Sy Ostergaard
  • Sebastian Varnell
  • Senator Sam Buckner
  • Señor Blues Calderon
  • Septimus "Sep" Oduya
  • Sequins Sequoia Hargett
  • Seraphina Hollowell
  • Sergeant Sam Pickford
  • Seventh Chord Seth Aldrich
  • Shadow Pettigrew
  • Sharkskin Sal Ferraro
  • Sheriff Dewey Brazos
  • Shimmy Shirley Colt
  • Shotgun Shorty Greaves
  • Shoutin' Shirley Bass
  • Showboat Sheldon Baye
  • Showtime Sy Abramson
  • Shreveport Shep Honore
  • Shuffle Sherman Dukes

S, continued

  • Sideman Sam Whitford
  • Silas Pemberton
  • Silk Marcus Reid
  • Silk Scarf Scarlett Roy
  • Silk Suit Sidney Crane
  • Silver Dollar Dolores Wray
  • Silver Tongue Silas Ibekwe
  • Sir Lancelot Greenway
  • Sir Rodney Abbot
  • Sir Wendell Nash
  • Sis Lavergne
  • Sister Clara Belle Dix
  • Sister Ruby Mae Carver
  • Skeeter Dubrow
  • Skeets Vandermeer
  • Skiddly Bop Skip Larue
  • Skins Delgado
  • Skip Rademacher
  • Skipper Ned Halvard
  • Slap Bass Sal Mendoza
  • Slats Rutherford
  • Sleepy Dumont
  • Slide Lucius Grant
  • Slide Sly Fernandez
  • Slidin' Silas Trautman
  • Slim Jim Lacoste
  • Smilin' Sam Okonkwo
  • Smoke Esposito
  • Smokestack Lou Randall
  • Smokey Joe Villard
  • Smokin' Smitty Zapata
  • Smooth Sal Benedetti
  • Snake Eyes Snead Corley
  • Snappin' Sid Vaccaro

S, continued

  • Snare Sidney Prewitt
  • Snooks Delamere
  • Snuffy Brandywine
  • Soft Shoe Sammy Goss
  • Solid Sender Sy Geller
  • Solomon "Sol" Kaminsky
  • Sonny Boy Desmond
  • Sonny Rae Duplessis
  • Soprano Sonny Cade
  • Sorghum Sonny Trapp
  • Soul Sam Pritchard
  • Sousaphone Sol Eisenberg
  • South Side Solly Brandeis
  • Sparky Vanderhoof
  • Spats Rinaldi
  • Speck Morrissey
  • Spider Haldane
  • Spoons Sparky Linden
  • Spotlight Sid Oyelaran
  • Square Deal Dale Whitsett
  • Squeaky Montaigne
  • Squire Tobias Nettle
  • St. Louis Lou Vickers
  • Stanford "Stan the Hand" Rigby
  • Starlight Stella Voss
  • Starling Stella Mae Kemper
  • Steamboat Stu Callais
  • Steel Pan Stella Ramdin
  • Steppin' Stephon Gale
  • Sterling "Sixpence" Makepeace
  • Sterling Silver Stella Ojo
  • Sticks McAllister
  • Stix Abernathy
  • Stockholm Stig Nyberg

S, continued

  • Stomp Stanley Vickers
  • Stompin' Stan Ruffalo
  • Storyville Sal Devereaux
  • Storyville Stella Cyr
  • Streetcar Stacy Desire
  • Stretch Okafor
  • Stride Sammy Okoye
  • Stridin' Stella Pomfret
  • Strummin' Stu Marchetti
  • Strut Sadie Blackwood
  • Struttin' Sam Bellamy
  • Stuff Pelletier
  • Sugar Babe Wendell
  • Sugar Hill Sylvie Custis
  • Sugar Ray Villanueva
  • Sugarfoot Sam Devlin
  • Suitcase Sam Tolentino
  • Summer Rain Lorraine Biggs
  • Sunrise Sid Mercado
  • Sure Thing Shirl Tapp
  • Susannah "Sunny" Figueiredo
  • Suspenders Gus Haas
  • Swagger Sal Rinaldi
  • Swayin' Shay Montefiore
  • Sweet Emma Hollister
  • Sweet Lorraine Achterberg
  • Sweet Lou Parnassus
  • Sweet Pea Lorraine Falk
  • Sweet Tea Thea Bradshaw
  • Swingin' Sadie Blankenship
  • Swung Note Sylvia Roque
  • Sydney Sid Wollaston
  • Sylvester "Sly" Katzenbach
  • Syncopation Cy Feldman

T: 57 names

  • T.J. Rochambeau
  • Tabitha "Tabby" Wainwright
  • Tallulah "Lula" Bodden
  • Tambourine Tammy Cruz
  • Tango Tony Ferreira
  • Tap Dance Toby Hale
  • Tappin' Tilly Rousseau
  • Tater Hollingsworth
  • Tenor Ted Marchbanks
  • Territory Band Terry Wickham
  • Tex Albright
  • Texas Tad Lockwood
  • Thaddeus "Thunder" Blackwood
  • Thelonious "Lonnie" Prescott
  • Theodora Quarles
  • Theodore "Slim" Beaumont
  • Theodosia Lyndhurst
  • Theophilus "Tee" Rutledge
  • Thunder Thaddeus Bloom
  • Thurman "Thurm" Eze
  • Timbale Tito Navarro
  • Tin Roof Tinsley Guice
  • Tinker Rosario
  • Tiny Duplantier
  • Tip Toe Larkin
  • Titus "Tick-Tock" Mbeki
  • Tobias "Tobe" Wickersham
  • Tokyo Tomiko Sato

T, continued

  • Tom-Tom Tommy Rourke
  • Tomcat Thom Yarbrough
  • Tootie Valcourt
  • Toots Cavanaugh
  • Top Hat Thad Wimberly
  • Topaz Topsy Henley
  • Topper Leclerc
  • Toronto Tobe Ashdown
  • Treble Trixie Okoronkwo
  • Treme Tilly Fontenot
  • Tremolo Tremaine Boykin
  • Trey Card Trevor Lunsford
  • Triangle Trina Posey
  • Trillin' Trudy Nakashima
  • Tritone Terry Bascombe
  • Trolley Trey Mullaney
  • Trombone Tommy Lazaro
  • Trumpet Trudy Vanleer
  • Tuba Fats Guidry
  • Tubby Hallstrom
  • Tulsa Tom Kirkland
  • Turnaround Ty Loomis
  • Turquoise Tex Quintana
  • Turtle Dove Tula Benning
  • Tuxedo Tom Wexler
  • Twelve Bar Barney Yoder
  • Twilight Tess Arnaud
  • Twin Cities Tess Engstrom
  • Two-Tone Tony Vasquez

U: 8 names

  • Ukulele Uma Kalani
  • Ulric "Ricky Boy" Sandoz
  • Ulysses "Tubby" Greenleaf
  • Ulysses Montfort
  • Uncle Moses Tilden
  • Unison Una Hallberg
  • Upright Ursula Grant
  • Uptown Otis Parnell

V: 14 names

  • Valentina Crespo
  • Valve Vance Tretheway
  • Vamp Vera Lindqvist
  • Velvet Joe Halloran
  • Velvet Vest Vinnie
  • Vernon "Velvet" Ackerley
  • Verse Vernon Tsosie
  • Vibes Virgil Moss
  • Vibraphone Vinnie Falk
  • Vibrato Vito Scalise
  • Village Vic Santoro
  • Viola Marchbanks
  • Viscount Alden Pryce
  • Vivienne "Viv" Delorme

W: 26 names

  • W.C. Pettway
  • Wailin' Willie Oates
  • Walking Bass Willie Tate
  • Walter "Wee Willie" Okonedo
  • Warsaw Wanda Kowal
  • Washboard Wilma Crane
  • Wendeline Ashcombe
  • Wendell "Tiny" Amadi
  • Whippoorwill Wilma Trent
  • Whispers Fauntleroy
  • Whistle Stop Winnie Abt
  • Whistlin' Walt Ledbetter
  • White Gloves Glenda Poole
  • Wilbur "Weathervane" Agyeman
  • Wild Card Willa Benitez
  • Wilhelmina "Billie Jo" Stroman
  • Windy City Winnie Zajac
  • Wingnut Willie Sayers
  • Wingtip Willie Sears
  • Wingy Petrosino
  • Winifred "Winks" Dalloway
  • Winston "Whisper" Maddock
  • Wishbone Wesley Addison
  • Woodblock Wally Purcell
  • Woodwind Woody Petersen
  • Wurlitzer Wes Caldwell

X: 2 names

  • Xavier Delacourt
  • Xylo Xavier Toussaint

Y: 1 name

  • Yolanda Featherstone

Z: 7 names

  • Zachariah Bellamont
  • Zazz Zora Finley
  • Zebulon "Zeb" Haskell
  • Zelda "Zee" Cormier
  • Ziggy Mulholland
  • Zoot Henry Castellano
  • Zoot Suit Zeke Varnado