# Name the Goat! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 25, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332 "2010-10-25T20:57:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/21 "2010-10-26T13:55:26Z")
Felch ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/22 "2010-10-26T14:05:54Z")
[Judge](http://www.cartype.com/pics/1223/full/pontiac_gto_judge_ad_69.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/23 "2010-10-26T14:06:08Z")
Stu. (I loves me some goat stew) WhyNot: great minds and all dat. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/24 "2010-10-26T14:33:25Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Pan > > (You know - the goatish Greek God) But people would be asking “why did you name your goat ‘bread’?” Sátiro would be less confusion-prone, but it only works if the goat is a boy. The billygoat that’s the mascot of the Spanish Legion is called Tizona, after one of Mio Cid’s swords. We once had a nice talk with a sheepherder whose herd included one female goat (having a few goats mixed in with the sheep is relatively common, they can do things like climb a tree after a sheep and headbutt her down) called Legionaria. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/25 "2010-10-26T14:43:41Z")
In the spring, I’m getting a pair of boy/girl goats. They will be called Julio and Juanita. Yay, goats! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/26 "2010-10-26T16:31:20Z")
I have a co-worker who has a couple dozen goats, they’re pets, never mention eating goats around him. I think he gives them all people names. His last baby was named “Andy”. If he’s getting a girl (I hear you get more milk from girls) he should just give her a nice girl name, like Fran or Elsie. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/27 "2010-10-26T17:21:35Z")
[Stevie Nicks.](http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/104197/looks-like-were-going-to-afghanistan) ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/28 "2010-10-26T17:34:58Z")
Chewbacca. (You can call it Chewie.) ---
**Author:** ![Jelly\_Roll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Jelly\_Roll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelly_Roll)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/29 "2010-10-26T17:40:33Z")
We have 3 goats, named Butch, Sundance and Etta. BTW, if he names this goat, he’ll never be able to eat it. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/30 "2010-10-26T18:16:22Z")
Scape (as in scapegoat). Gotmy (as in got my goat). ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/31 "2010-10-26T20:37:23Z")
Capri (based on the genus name for goats, _Capra_). ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/32 "2010-10-26T20:58:54Z")
Hal Briston. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/33 "2010-10-26T21:39:12Z")
I’m going to second “Scape”. In the unlikely event that I ever get a goat of my own (as opposed to getting other people’s goats, which is a not uncommon occurrence), I will be naming it Scape. > [@Tahssa](#): > > Hal Briston. You’re thinking sheep. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/34 "2010-10-26T23:42:38Z")
If it’s destined for banquet, nothing\*. I had milk goats named Miss Esmerelda (for the green eyes, called Miss Ezzie) and Miss Emerald (again, the green eyes, called Miss Emmy). \*In the household where I grew up, critters bound for the table didn’t get names. Otherwise, we’d have been like your nephew and never been able to put a fork into our supper. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/35 "2010-10-27T00:07:53Z")
Moose is a great name for a goat with aspirations. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/36 "2010-10-27T00:30:11Z")
Literary references: Djali (Esmeralda’s goat from Victor Hugo’s _Notre-Dame de Paris_) Blanquette, the brave little goat from Alphonse Daudet’s _La Chèvre de M. Seguin_ - You can find that short story [here](http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/30442/pg30442.html) with the title _Monsieur Seguin’s Last Kid Goat_. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/37 "2010-10-27T01:51:15Z")
[John Blutarsky](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0155370/). Or Bluto for short. Most goats have about that personality. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/38 "2010-10-27T12:34:36Z")
Butthead. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/39 "2010-10-27T13:17:44Z")
Mutton Jeff ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332/40 "2010-10-27T13:32:52Z")
If it’s a friendly goat, I think you should name it Caspar. I keep suggesting this every time my father-in-law gets a new little goatling (we no longer call 'em kids in our family - too confusing!) and I keep getting overruled by my daughters, who want to name them things like “Shy” and “Cutie”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-the-goat/558332.md?page=3)