Girls names from songs...

[JoPie]

OH is a singer/songwriter and is sort of obsessed with song lyrics. He wants to choose a girls name that is from a song, but I'm not loving any of his list so far.
So can anyone give me girls names and the associated song or artist is known?

To start off, his faves are;
Martha (from a Tom Waits song)
Sarah (Thin Lizzie) and
Layla (Eric Clapton)

Any thoughts?

But Marianne is so much cheerier Catini......

I know Marthasmama but I was nearly called Marianne, after Marianne Faithful, which I think would have made me super cool - instead I was named after my mother's favourite saint - much less cool!! So I've harboured just a touch of name envy about Marianne ever since . So for me it's always Suzanne (and I love all Leonard's gloominess - big part of its charm for me )

Ah, fair point. Suzanne is a fab song too. I love the gloom too.

I was named after Lucy in the sky with diamonds, which is quite lucky as it could have been Yoko

Cecilia

girl's names from songs i have at some point sworn to name a child after:

cecilia - s&g
molly - kate rusby
mary - white stripes
jolene - dp/white stripes either version
elizabeth - stone roses
shirley - billy bragg
lorelei - pogues (seriously considered this)
rita - king creosote (ditto) (marguerita red)

sweet caroline/oh mandy/maggie may all cracking tunes if -rubbish not to my taste names

aisha is a top tune too, i'm vibrating

ended up naming dd1 after a (male) musician, and naming dd2 for no good reason except it's a beautiful name. (any ds would have been named after another - male - musician)

asha (brim full of)

ooh yes alison too.

lol @ victoria "victoria fucked them all..."

"i can see clara now lorraine has gone..."

oh and (hazy) jane - nick drake

Jolene - version by Queen Adreena is fantastic! Here. I love Katie Jane

Delilah - Tom Jones

Sweet Jane - Velvet Underground

Iris - Goo Goo Dolls

Gloria - U2

Lola (Copacabana) - the inimitable Barry Manilow

Lucille - Little Richard

Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett

This is a super fun game

Also, Marthamama I now have Marianne in my head and am thinking how much I love that song too

matilda - euros childs
pauline - superfurryanimals

victoria the damned

veronica elvis costello

whoops

victoria the fall

alison elvis costello

angie rolling stones

annabelle - gillian welch (lovely song but too sad to name a baby after)
pretty mary k/angelina (lost & found) - elliot smith

Luca suzanne vega

yeah but surely the context of the song matters e.g. lola, luca, you wouldn't do it would you?

Cathy kate bush

Maria (debbie harry

Patience lloyd cole