Felch
Stu.
(I loves me some goat stew)
WhyNot: great minds and all dat.
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.
In the spring, I’m getting a pair of boy/girl goats. They will be called Julio and Juanita. Yay, goats!
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.
Chewbacca. (You can call it Chewie.)
We have 3 goats, named Butch, Sundance and Etta.
BTW, if he names this goat, he’ll never be able to eat it.
Scape (as in scapegoat).
Gotmy (as in got my goat).
Capri (based on the genus name for goats, Capra).
Hal Briston.
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.
You’re thinking sheep.
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.
Moose is a great name for a goat with aspirations.
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 with the title Monsieur Seguin’s Last Kid Goat.
John Blutarsky. Or Bluto for short. Most goats have about that personality.
Butthead.
Mutton Jeff
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”.