Goat Name Generator

Press for five goat names, each with a line: a breed, a tale, a word for goat or a pair.

Goat Name Generator

  1. Billy & NannyOne of each.
  2. Shoelace ChewerUnties you first.
  3. Gate OpenerLearned the latch in a week.
  4. BumperA gentle bunt from behind.
  5. BoerbokThe Boer, or Boerbok, is a South African breed of goat.

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Press for five names for a goat: by breed, goats of myth and tale, the word for a goat in other languages, names from what goats do, and two or three names for a pair or a small herd.

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Names by breed

The Anglo-Nubian is known by its large, pendulous ears, the Angora grows mohair, and a LaMancha is recognized by its very short ears: the shortest kind is called a gopher ear.

Goats of myth and tale

Amalthea is the figure most often named as the nurse of the infant Zeus. Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr pull Thor's chariot in Norse myth. Gruff is for the Norwegian tale of the three billy goats and the troll.

Questions and answers

What is a good name for a goat?

A good goat name comes from the goat. Nubian, Angora and Saanen are breeds. Billy and Nanny are the plain English words. Fence Jumper, Escape Artist and Rock Hopper are for what a goat does all day.

What are good names for two goats?

The pair group prints two names on a card: Billy & Nanny, Hill & Dale, Horn & Hoof, Leap & Bound, Bleat & Repeat. For three goats there is Small, Middle & Great, after the three billy goats of the tale.

What is the word for goat in other languages?

Chèvre is French, Ziege is German, Cabra is Spanish and Portuguese, Koza is Czech and Polish, Keçi is Turkish and Mbuzi is Swahili. Each was read in its own dictionary entry.

What were the names of Thor's goats?

Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr. In Norse mythology the two goats pull the chariot of the god Thor; the names mean teeth-barer and teeth-grinder. Both are on the list.

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Names by breed 29

  • Angora The Angora goat grows the lustrous fiber known as mohair.
  • Ankara The Angora goat, a Turkish breed, is also called the Ankara.
  • Bagot The Bagot is a small goat with a black head and neck and a white body.
  • Blackneck The Valais Blackneck is black from the nose to behind the shoulder and white from there to the tail.
  • Boerbok The Boer, or Boerbok, is a South African breed of goat.
  • Cashmere Cashmere is the fine, soft, downy winter undercoat of a cashmere goat.
  • Chamois The Oberhasli comes from Switzerland's Chamois Colored Goat.
  • Compact The American Pygmy is small, compact and stockily built.
  • Damascus The Damascus is a dairy goat named after the city of Damascus.
  • Elf Ear A LaMancha ear of up to two inches, turned up or down at the tip, is called an elf ear.
  • Girgentana The Girgentana's horns spiral like a markhor's, but in the opposite direction.
  • Gopher Ear The shortest kind of LaMancha ear is called a gopher ear.
  • Guernsey The Golden Guernsey is a rare dairy goat from Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
  • Ibex The Alpine ibex is a wild goat that lives in the Alps.
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Names by breed, continued

  • Kashmir The word cashmere comes from Kashmir, the region the goats came from.
  • Kiko The Kiko is a breed of goat from New Zealand.
  • Kinder The Kinder breed began when an American Pygmy buck was bred with Nubian does.
  • LaMancha LaMancha goats are easily recognized by their very short ears.
  • Markhor The markhor is a wild goat whose name comes from a Persian word meaning curly, for its horns.
  • Myotonic Myotonic goat is the other name of the fainting goat, an American breed.
  • Nubian The Anglo-Nubian is known by its large, pendulous ears and its convex profile.
  • Oberhasli The Oberhasli comes from the Oberhasli district of the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland.
  • Pygora The Pygora came from crossing the Pygmy goat with the Angora goat.
  • Saanen The Saanen takes its name from the Saanental, in western Switzerland.
  • Screw-Horn The markhor, a wild goat, is also known as the screw-horn.
  • Shami The Damascus goat is also known as the Shami.
  • Steinbock The Alpine ibex is also known as the steinbock.
  • Tennessee The fainting goat, an American breed, is also called the Tennessee fainting goat.
  • Wooden-Leg The fainting goat is also known as the stiff-legged goat or the Tennessee wooden-leg goat.

Goats of myth and tale 13

  • Amalthea In Greek myth, the figure most often named as the nurse of the infant Zeus.
  • Capricorn Capricornus, whose name is Latin for horned goat, is drawn as a sea goat: half goat, half fish.
  • Chimera In Greek myth, usually shown as a lion with a goat's head rising from its back.
  • Cornucopia The horn of Amalthea, said to give endless food and drink, is known in Latin as the cornucopia.
  • Faun A faun is a half-human, half-goat creature of Greek and Roman mythology.
  • Glaistig A being of folklore, also called the Green Maiden, that may appear half woman, half goat.
  • Gruff The Three Billy Goats Gruff is a Norwegian fairy tale of three goats who outwit a troll at a bridge.
  • Heidrun Heiðrún, or Heidrun, is a nanny goat of Norse myth who eats the leaves of the tree Læraðr.
  • Pan The Greek god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, drawn with the legs and horns of a goat.
  • Sea Goat The creature of the constellation Capricornus: half goat, half fish.
  • Tanngnjóstr The second goat of Thor's chariot in Norse myth; the name means teeth-grinder.
  • Tanngrisnir In Norse myth, one of the two goats that pull Thor's chariot; the name means teeth-barer.
  • Yule Goat The Yule goat is a Scandinavian Christmas tradition, today usually made of straw.

The word for a goat 41

  • Ahuntz Basque for a she-goat.
  • Aker Basque for a he-goat.
  • Billy A billy is a billy goat, a male.
  • Bique A French word for a she-goat.
  • Bode Portuguese for a billy goat.
  • Bok Afrikaans for goat; in Dutch, a male goat.
  • Bouc French for a billy goat.
  • Cabra Goat in Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan.
  • Cabrito Kid, a young goat, in Spanish and Portuguese.
  • Caper Latin for a he-goat.
  • Capra Italian for goat, and Latin for a she-goat.
  • Capretto Italian for a kid.
  • Chèvre French for goat.
  • Chevreau French for a kid, a young goat.
  • Chivo A Spanish word for a goat or a kid.
  • Gabhar Irish for goat.
  • Gafr Welsh for goat.
  • Gait Scots for goat.
  • Gaver Cornish for goat.
  • Gavr Breton for goat.
  • Ged Danish for goat.
  • Geiss A word for goat in Alemannic German, spoken in Switzerland and nearby.
  • Geit Goat in Dutch, Norwegian, Icelandic and Faroese.
  • Goayr Manx for goat.
  • Gobhar Scottish Gaelic for goat.
  • Hircus A Latin word for a male goat.
  • Kabrit Haitian Creole for goat.
  • Kambing Goat in Malay and Indonesian.
  • Kaza Latvian for goat.
  • Keçi Turkish for goat.
  • Kecske Hungarian for goat.
  • Koza Goat in Czech and Polish.
  • Kozel Czech for a billy goat.
  • Mbuzi Swahili for goat.
  • Nanenane Māori for goat.
  • Nanny A nanny is a female goat.
  • Ožka Lithuanian for a female goat.
  • Vuohi Finnish for goat.
  • Yagi Japanese for goat.
  • Zicklein German for a kid, a young goat.
  • Ziege German for goat.

Names from what a goat does 31

  • Aegagrus From Capra aegagrus, the wild goat that farm goats were bred from.
  • Balance Goats are agile, and can climb and balance in precarious places.
  • Bramble Muncher Thorns and all.
  • Brush Clearer Hired by the acre.
  • Bumper A gentle bunt from behind.
  • Button Nibbler Counts your coat buttons with its teeth.
  • Chin Beard Both male and female goats may have beards.
  • Chin Curtain A beard with no mustache.
  • Escape Artist No pen has held it yet.
  • Fence Jumper The fence was a suggestion.
  • Gate Opener Learned the latch in a week.
  • Hat Eater Started with the brim.
  • Headbutt Says hello the hard way.
  • King of the Hill Holds the high ground against all comers.
  • Laundry Thief Check the line.
  • Ledge Walker The higher and thinner, the better.
  • Mountaineer Summits the hay bale daily.
  • Naturally Curious Goats are naturally curious.
  • Picnic Table Standing on it, usually.
  • Rock Hopper Stone to stone, without looking.
  • Rose Pruner Unasked.
  • Scrambler Up anything with a slope.
  • Shoelace Chewer Unties you first.
  • Sideways Pupil Goats have horizontal, slit-shaped pupils, which give them a wide field of view.
  • Soul Patch A very small beard.
  • Stump Stander Any raised thing will do.
  • Sure-Foot Never slips.
  • Ten Thousand The goat was one of the first animals to be domesticated, around 10,000 years ago.
  • Tin Can The old joke about what goats eat.
  • Top of the Car Where it was found.
  • Wheelbarrow Rider Climbs in before it is loaded.

Names for a pair or a small herd 24

  • Beard & Wattle What hangs from the chin and the neck.
  • Billy & Nanny One of each.
  • Bleat & Repeat The second always answers the first.
  • Bramble & Briar A prickly pair with a taste for both.
  • Buck & Doe The farm words for him and her.
  • Clover & Vetch Two things they would rather eat.
  • Crag & Cliff Two high places.
  • Fence & Gate Neither one holds them.
  • Hay & Straw One to eat, one to sleep on.
  • Heads & Tails One at each end of the herd.
  • High & Mighty Looking down from the rock pile.
  • Hill & Dale Up and down all day.
  • Horn & Hoof Top and bottom.
  • Leap & Bound Never a plain walk.
  • Nibble & Chew First one, then the other.
  • Peak & Valley One climbs, one grazes.
  • Push & Shove They argue with their heads.
  • Rock & Ledge Where to find them.
  • Rough & Ready No fuss about either of them.
  • Small, Middle & Great Three sizes, like the three billy goats of the tale.
  • Thick & Thin Together through both.
  • Trial & Error How they learned the gate.
  • Up & Over How they get out.
  • Wear & Tear What they do to a fence.

How this list was compiled: Own list of 138 names for a goat, made on 3 October 2026. The names by breed each carry one line on the breed's look or origin, from English Wikipedia's article on that breed (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_goat_breeds, CC BY-SA 4.0); the goats of myth and tale are from its articles Amalthea, Heiðrún, Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, Three Billy Goats Gruff, Capricornus, Capella, Yule goat, Pan, Faun, Chimera and Glaistig; the lines on what goats do are from its article Goat. The words for a goat are each from that word's own entry in English Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/goat). All were read on 3 October 2026. The other names and every line are ours. In the last group one card holds two or three names, for a pair or a small herd. A name we wrote was left out when it stands on this site's lists of pet, dog, cat, horse, fish or teddy bear names or on another animal's name page; the goats of well-known books and films, and puns on real people's names, were left out by hand. 35 of the 138 names (25 in 100) also stand on another list of this site. Licence: The names we wrote and the line under every name are our own work. Meanings of real names and words draw on English Wiktionary, and facts about the animal and its folklore on English Wikipedia, both under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).