Naming your boat is a very personal experience. Many boat owners choose something that means something to them and speaks about their other passions in life.
If you are a singer, in a band, a guitarist, musician, pianist, or someone who loves to play an instrument or are just a music lover, these music-inspired boat names could be just the ticket.
Music boat names
Here are some initial ideas that are more traditional sounding. If you want some rock n’ roll boat names inspired by some great bands, keep on scrolling for different ideas.
- Duet
- Ebony & Ivory
- Flat Pick
- Floating Notes
- Gypsy Jazz
- Jazz Dance
- Key of Sea
- Melody of the Seas
- Middle C
- Music Maker
- Sea Note
- Sea Syncopation
- Syncopation
- Tuned In
- Wind Instrument
Rock music boat names
Some of the best music boat names are where the owner has taken a favorite band or song and re-used some of the lyrics. What I love about this is that music can have a lot of personal meaning.
With these rock music boat names, it’s a case of “if you know, you know”; you can see some examples below.
- Albatross
- Comfortably Numb
- Cracklin’ Rosie
- Crazy Diamond
- Gimme Shelter
- Heart of Gold
- Heaven Can Wait
- Helter Skelter
- In the Mood
- Jumping Jack Flash
- Love Shack
- Muddy Waters
- Oasis
- Orinoco Flow
- Purple Rain
- Riders on the Storm
- Rolling Stone
- Slowhand
- Smoke on the Water
- Sweet Emotion
- Thunder Struck
- Twist And Shout
- Wild Horses
- Yellow Submarine
Funny boat names for music lovers
And finally, here are some boat names for musicians that have a slightly humorous angle to them.
- American Idiot
- Billy Ocean
- Blue Oyster Cult
- Bootie and the Blowfish
- Fender Bender
- Good Vibrations
- Guitarzan
- Jefferson Seaplane
- John Lee Hooker
- Rockaway Beached
- Rock the Boat
- Strumming the Depths
- The Seatles
- Wild Thang
Famous musician boat names
If you still need some further inspiration, here are some examples of what famous musicians have called their boats – which of course will all be mega yachts no doubt!
- Billy Joel – Vendetta
- Bono from U2 – Cyan
- Beyonce & Jay Z – Galactica Star
- Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd – Astoria
- David Geffen – The Rising Sun
- Eric Clapton – Va Bene
- Rafa Nadal – Beethoven (yes, I know he’s a tennis player, but great music boat name)
- Sean “P-Diddy” Combs – Oasis
I also discovered that Eric Clapton used to own another boat which he called Blue Guitar. He named it after the baby blue Fender he famously plays. Does that give you any inspiration on what musical instrument your own boat could be named after?
The last word…
I hope you’ve enjoyed these ideas on boat names for music lovers.
Before you go, I wanted to draw your attention to a number of related articles on this website also concerning boat names. You can browse though those below:
