We’ve compiled a comprehensive list of Rockabilly baby names for girls and boys from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s rockabilly era that are timeless, southern, and a little bit rock n roll. Rockabilly Names for Girls
ARLENE
Invented name
BETTYLOU
Combination of Betty and Lou
BILLIE
“Resolute protector”
BONNIE
“Cheerful” or “Pretty” view name >
CHARLENE
“Free man”
CONNIE
“Steadfast”
DELLA
“Noble” view name >
DINAH
“God will judge” view name >
DIXIE
“Tenth”
DOLLY
“Gift of God”
DOROTHY
“Gift of God”
DOTTY
Variation of Dorothy
ELLA RAE
Ella, “Completely” view name >
Rae, “Ewe” view name >
JACKIE
“Supplanter”
JEAN
“God is gracious” view name >
JUDITH
“Women from Judea”
KATHLEEN
“Pure”
KITTY
“Pure”
LAINEY
“Bright shining one”
MAEBRY
Invented name
MAVIS
“Songbird” view name >
MINNIE
“Intellect”
MOLLY
“Bitter”
NORMA
“Precept”
PATSY
“Noble”
PEARL
“Gem” view name >
PEGGY SUE
Peggy, “Pearl” Sue, “Lilly”
RAE
“Ewe” view name >
RITA
“Pearl”
ROBIN
Bird name
ROSIE
Diminutive of Rose
RUBY
“Red gemstone” view name >
RUTH
“Compassionate friend view name >
SADIE
“Princess” view name >
SALLY
“Princess”
SHIRLEY
“Bright meadow” view name >
SUSIE
“Lilly”
WANDA
“Wanderer”
Rockabilly Names for Boys
ACE
“Unity”
AMOS
“Carried by God” view name >
BOBBY
“Bright fame”
BEAU
Handsome
BUDDY
Nickname
BUTCH
Nickname
CASH
Word name
CHEVY
Diminutive of Chevalier
CLYDE
Scottish river view name >
CURTIS
“Courteous”
DALE
“Valley” view name >
DEAN
“Church official”
DUDLEY
“Duddas meadow” view name >
DUKE
English rank of nobility
DWAYNE
“Swarthy”
EARL
English aristocratic title
ELROY
“The King”
ELVIS
Unknown meaning
FRANKIE
Diminutive of Frank
GARY
“Spearman”
HANK
“Estate ruler”
JAMES
“Supplanter” view name >
JARVIS
“Spear” view name >
JOHNNY
“God is Gracious”
KIT
English diminutive of Christoper
LARK
Bird name
LEE
“Meadow”
LEROY
“The king”
LESTER
English place name
MELVIN
“Council protector”
ORBISON
English surname
ORTIZ
“Son of Orti”
RANDALL
“Shield wolf”
REX
“King”
RHODES
Possible variation of the Greek island name Rhodos
ROY
“Red-haired”
VANCE
“Dweller by the marsh”
WILLIAM
“Resolute protector”
