Goat Names

What are your goats names? Why did you choose that name?

I would love to hear everyone's stories :)

I want to name my goats Zweena and Lewa which are both african names meaning beautiful.

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  • Everybody has their own thing. Some people give all their kids names that begin with the letter of the goat tattoo that year, so this year's tattoo letter is E, which means that people who follow that idea will have to come up with a lot of names starting with E this year! 

    We name our goats along a theme. Carmen is named after the opera, and all of her babies were named after opera characters. Carmen got her name because her mother, Dancy, had a musical theme, so all of her babies were named after something musical. One of Carmen's daughters is Lizzie Borden -- yes, there was an opera about Lizzie Borden. Lizzie's babies are named after outlaws. One of her daughters was Bonnie Parker, and Bonnie's babies would follow a Great Depression theme. Another Lizzie daughter is Sadie, named after a pirate, and all of Sadie's kids will be named after pirates. Get the idea? Why do we do this? To keep everyone straight! People are always commenting on how they don't know how I can keep all the names and pedigrees straight on nearly 30 goats. Well, I wouldn't if I didn't have some sort of system. Not only can I keep straight who's who on the farm, but I will also recognize names of goats that are sold. So, if someday I see one of my goats on a show list or a milk test list, I'll immediately know who the parents were just by looking at the name.

    Of course, the buyer can call the goat whatever they want. We have bought a few goats that had such odd names, we just couldn't bring ourselves to call them that -- like Thrill and Hot Rod. 

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