Name Round-Up: And the Band Plays On

Names inspired by musical terms like Harmony, Melody, Lyric, and Cadence have been used before. But what about names inspired by the musical instruments themselves? Having once been a major band geek in high school, I can see how someone would be interested naming someone after a musical instrument. Some instrument names don't have a chance on this earth for being bestowed on a person (tuba? didgeridoo? sackbut?), but there were quite a few that caught my eye.

Angelique (a type of lute)
Apito (a whistle used in samba music)
Bandora/Bandore (a bass stringed instrument)
Banjo
Baryton (a bass bowed instrument)
Bell
Bugle
Calliope
Celesta (a piano-like instrument)
Cello
Cithara/Kithara (Ancient Greek guitar)
Clarinet
Clavier
Concertina (similar to an accordian)
Conch (a seashell that makes a horn-like sound when you blow through it)
Cornet (similar to the trumpet)
Cymbal
Drum/Drummer
Dulcian (predecessor of the modern bassoon)
Dulcimer (string instrument lays on the lap and then plucked)
Harper/Harpa
Horner
Epinette (a type of zither)
Fiddle/Fiddler
Fife/Fifer
Guitarra (Spanish for "guitar")
Jingle (the rattle in a tambourine)
Kora (a West African high-pitched guitar)
Koto (the national instrument of Japan, similar to a dulcimer)
Lute (a stringed instrument like a guitar)
Lyre/Lyra (an ancient harp)
Mandolin/Mandolina
Marimba (similar to a xylophone)
Musette/Musetta (a small bagpipe)
Oboe
Ocarina (an ancient, flute-like instrument from China)
Orpharion (yet another guitar-like instrument)
Piccolo
Pandura (an Ancient Greek lute-like instrument)
Piper
Rebec (an early violin)
Regal (a small, portable organ)
Tabla (percussion instrument common in Indian and some Middle Eastern music)
Tabor (portable drum common in traditional Celtic music)
Timbrel (early predecessor of the tambourine)
Saxonette (a type of clarinet)
Sitar/Sitara (Indian guitar)
Soprillo (a type of saxophone)
Venu (Indian flute)
Viola
Zither

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Early_musical_instruments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_percussion_instruments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_woodwind_instruments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_string_instruments

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