Cute Goat Names (50 Examples!)

Goats can mean a lot of different things depending on the owners.

They might just be something kept around as part of a business, but increasingly they are becoming very popular as pets.

Naming your pet is, for most of us, one of the most important and sacred parts of owning a pet.

Goats might seem boisterous and uncouth to some, but to a lot of us, they are some of the cutest domestic animals in the world.

With that in mind, today we are going to look at some of the best cute names you could think about using for your own goat.

Let’s get started.

 

Nutmeg

Starting off with a classic pet name, we have Nutmeg.

This is a great choice of a cute name for your goat that everyone will recognize for what it is supposed to invoke.

Nutmeg is a delicious and, perhaps more importantly, comforting and hearty spice which we all recognize.

If you’ve got a goat that’s brown or just puts you in mind of the flavor, this is a great choice.

 

Binky

Depending on where you are in the world, you might have a different name for a baby’s dummy.

In the U.S., they’re called binkies, and undoubtedly that is the cutest name out of them all.

It puts us in mind of innocence and tranquillity and thus is a great cute name for your goat.

Even if you name your baby goat binky and it grows up to be a bulky adult, it will be funny and cute!

 

Surefoot

One of the most common notions about goats is that they are incredibly sure climbers.

While this is certainly truer of mountain goats than what we recognize as domestic goats, it remains true to a degree.

For that reason, we think Surefoot is a really cute name for a goat.

This is especially true of a domestic goat that probably won’t do much climbing!

 

Blondie

One of the most tried and true ways to find a cute name for your goat is just to think about one which reflects the color of its hair.

If you have a goat with light colored hair, then blondie is a great name for them that, despite it being more common, is still one of the cutest names for a goat.

 

Brownie

Following on from that theme, next we have Brownie.

Brown is certainly a very common color for a goat to be, and the great thing about Brownie as a name is that it is not only a cute reference to the color of their hair, but also puts one in mind of the delicious dessert treat!

What’s cuter than that?

 

Belle

One avenue that’s always great for choosing goat names is classic children’s movies and television.

Belle is a great example of this, a very cute but at the same time very elegant and sophisticated name for your goat.

This kind of name is a way of exaggerating your goat’s elegance in a cute and funny way.

 

Snow White

Snow White is, of course, a classic story that virtually everyone knows.

For a white goat or even any colored goat, Snow White is another great name which invokes delicacy and elegance in what are, admittedly, quite boisterous and un-delicate creatures!

 

Merry

Merry is a very cute name for your happier goats—or a funny one for the grumpy goats!

It puts one in mind of happiness and being carefree; while at the same time could be a great paired name for two goats with the next on our list.

 

Pippin

Pippin is a great and cute name for a goat in and of itself.

It is rustic and charming and makes one think of rural England in a by gone age.

But it’s also the name of one of everyone’s favorite pair of hobbits—Merry and Pippin.

These names work really well together or on their own.

What’s even better is that Pippin can be short for Peregrine, and Merry for Meriadoc—when you are telling them off!

 

Happy

Sometimes, when you’re struggling to name a pet, you’ve just got to go back to the basics.

Happy might seem like a cliché to you, but when you forget about all the different animals that have been named Happy over the years, it goes back to being a really cute and simple name for a goat.

Again, if you’ve got a really grumpy goat, it makes a cute and funny name, too!

 

Lucky

On the same theme, don’t think certain names are reserved for dogs.

Lucky is another really cute name for a goat, and invokes a deep personal friendship.

It’s very cute to name something in a way that reflects how you think of them, almost as a lucky charm, as something that makes you feel luckier in life.

 

Sparky

Sparky is another classic pet name, and could be a great one for a grey or a black goat—one that looks like it’s had an electric shock, perhaps!

Sparky is a cute name for any goat, and would keep even the biggest and scariest goats cute and funny in your mind’s eye.

 

Honey

 There’s nothing sweeter than honey, and we can all agree it’s one of the most common and affectionate pet names in English.

It makes a really great name for your goat that reflects its sweetness, its friendliness, or simply how much you love the goat!

This one would be a great name for a golden/brown goat, but would work for any color.

 

Freckle

Freckles are agreed by almost everyone to be a very cute feature for a person to have.

They can give someone a really unique appearance, and this is why it makes another great cute name for your goat.

Whether you have a spotty goat or not, Freckle will make a great name for it.

 

Smile

Another simple but one you can’t go wrong with, Smile.

This is a great name for just about any pet.

Goats are a great choice in particular, though, because if you look at them from the right angle, it definitely looks as though they are smiling!

Again, if you’ve got a really grumpy goat who never smiles, it still makes a great joke name.

 

Speckles

Similar to Freckle, Speckles is a great name for a spotty goat—or any goat, really!

It’s a simple but again classic name playing on a very common physical feature of goats.

We can all agree that speckles is a really cute name for a goat.

 

Walnut

Walnut is another very cute name for your goat.

There are many kinds of goat you might call Walnut.

Obviously, a dark brown goat would be a simple choice.

At the same time, we all love to use different nuts to describe someone we think is being a bit stupid.

Goats aren’t always the smartest, so Walnut also works really well there!

 

Nugget

Again, with just about any pet, you can’t really go wrong with the name Nugget.

It’s simple and rolls off the tongue, and everyone instantly knows what you mean by a nugget.

This again could be a good one for a sillier goat, or a goat with golden brown hair.

 

Niblet

Similar to Nugget is Niblet.

These two would make a great pair name, with Niblet being the smaller of the two.

But Niblet would also work really well for any goat, as a great name for a small goat or a joke name for a big goat!

 

Button

Another classic and tried and true pet name is Button, or Buttons.

Even if it doesn’t occur to their conscious mind, a goat called Button will instantly make most people think of the goat as being “cute as a button”.

This is a great name for any kind of goat, any size and personality.

 

Noah

Biblical names might not seem all that cute, but naming your humble little goat after mythological figures who achieved such immense greatness is a great way to find cute names.

Even in itself, Noah is a cute name for a goat, making one think of a certain kind of innocence if not a wish to protect other animals.

 

Tilly

Tilly is not only a great name for humans, it’s a great name for a goat, too.

It’s another one that’s great for its simplicity, a short, easy-to-pronounce name that rolls off the tongue.

It also again invokes the kind of old-fashioned farm environment we might see in a Disney film or even just in a nursery rhyme.

 

Tapioca

 Depending on where you live in the world, you may not even know what tapioca is off the top of your head.

It’s a simple starch food extracted from roots.

But whatever we can say about the actual food, few would argue that the world itself is simply very cute and beautiful.

It rather makes us think of flowers and trees, so it would make a great cute name for your goat.

 

Rosie

You simple can’t go wrong with a flower name, and what’s great about Rosie is that it’s perhaps more cutesy than elegant, as compared with simply Rose.

Of course, Rose is a cute name, but Rosie we think invokes much more that sense of innocence and youth.

A goat called Rosie would be really cute.

 

Tulip

Another great flower name for your goat would be Tulip.

Again, everyone can conjure an image of a tulip in their mind, and few would not agree that they are a very beautiful flower.

Tulip makes a great name either for a male or a female goat, one that will leave no ambiguity in people’s minds about what sort of name you were going for.

 

Poppy

Poppies are also a beautiful flower, of course, but again, the word itself simply rolls so well off the tongue it’s hard not to agree it’s a great, cute name for a goat.

Most people would probably use Poppy for a female goat, but you could use it on any goat you like!

These simple, unassuming red flowers hold various cultural associations, but everyone can agree they are cute.

 

Daisy

Finally, Daisy is another classic barnyard animal name, and makes a really cute name for your goat.

Whether a white goat looks like a daisy flower or just a goat that looks, to you, like a Daisy in name, it doesn’t matter!

This is another universal name that almost everyone will understand through being able to see a daisy in their minds.

 

Clover

Though not a flower, clovers are another plant that we all know and recognize.

Not only that, but we all recognize that they are meant to give you good luck!

Clover is a great cute name for a goat, relating it to the kinds of things it likes to spend its time around—plants!

 

Juniper

For most of us, the word juniper probably makes us think of the berry, rather than the tree or the bushes that they grow on.

Either way, this is another example where, even if you don’t know about the berries, the word itself is simply very pleasing to the ear.

It’s simple and cute, and makes a great name for your goat.

 

Pumpkin

Though orange or orange-looking goats aren’t that common, Pumpkin is always a great name for such goats.

Even if it’s not orange, most of us still understand the way that Pumpkin is used as a term of endearment.

It’s a cutesy name for something whose cheeks we want to pinch, so it makes a great name for any goat!

 

Pickles

It is somewhat strange to think that vegetables that have shriveled up in brine should put us in mind of cuteness.

But the fact is that Pickles is a very popular cute name for just about any animal, and would work really well with your goat, too!

Whether you like actual pickles or not, it would be a really cute name for a goat.

 

Butter

Butter would naturally be a very cute name for a milking goat, if you were milking your goats.

But, again, it also would work really well as a simple cute name for any goat.

Butter is one of those ultimate comfort foods that just about everyone likes, meaning just about everyone will think it a really cute name for a goat.

 

Teddy

Any name where you can use a shortened—or lengthened!—version of it works really well as a cute name.

Teddy would be a really cute name for a goat in any case, making one think of childhood comfort and innocence again.

But you could also call them Ted for short, like a true friend’s nickname!

 

Bo Peep

Bo Peep might have lost her sheep and not her goats, but few can fail to see the similarities between the two animals.

Using characters from nursery rhymes or childhood songs is a great way to find a cute name for your goat, and Bo Peep certainly fits this category.

 

Bounce

Goats, especially young goats, love to bounce and jump around, so any name that references that is a great choice for your goats.

Bounce is a really simple but nonetheless really cute name for a goat, and it’s great for two reasons.

If you name a young, bouncy goat this, it fits—but as they get older, it becomes a cute reflection of their youthful self.

 

Bumper

Similarly, Bumper makes a great name for a goat—and at any age!

Goats, even the friendliest males, will from time to time give a little head bump here and there.

If you have a goat with a particular tendency to do this, then Bumper is a still better name for them.

 

Fuzzy

Another very simple but nonetheless very cute and effective name is Fuzzy.

Goats now come in so many different coats of hair that many of them are just as “fuzzy” as sheep.

Even if they aren’t fuzzy in their hair, they might be a bit fuzzy in their head!

 

Bertha

Another great avenue for the names of homestead goats is classic, farmyard names we might remember from cartoons and old movies.

Bertha is a very common name for a cow in such settings, but it works really well for your goats as well!

It’s one of those that again invokes a bygone era of simplicity.

 

Mable

Another example of this is Mable.

Mable is a great name for a goat, for most of the same reasons.

It makes one think of a peaceful, yet matriarchal, figure, a simple goat living a simple life on your homestead.

 

Deirdre

Deirdre is a great, cute name for a goat for the same reasons as Mable and Bertha, but also for another clever reason.

It is a pun on the word “deer”, and though goats and deer are not exactly the same, they’re more closely related than you might think!

 

Brenda

Brenda is another really cute name for a goat, in the same vein as Bertha and Mable.

It’s another one that you don’t commonly see in young people anymore, and, without wishing offense to anyone named Brenda, it does again make one think of a different and simpler time.

 

Matilda

Matilda makes a great name for most farmyard animals, but for goats it is a really cute name for a few reasons.

If nothing else, it’s cute because many of us are reminded of the movie of the same name featuring the sweetest little girl in the world.

But it’s just a really cute name in and of itself, too.

 

Hoofer

A goat’s hooves are one of its most distinctive features.

Indeed, its cloven hooves are part of how we identify groups and subgroups of certain animals.

Hoofer, therefore, makes a really cute name for any goat, simple and to the point.

Goats are hoofers because they walk on their hooves!

 

Speedy

Another thing that can often surprise us about goats is that they’re often pretty fast.

Especially at a young age, they can be bouncing around at incredibly high speeds!

Speedy is another really simple cute name for this kind of goat.

Once again, though, if you have a slower and more plodding goat, it makes a great joke name, too!

 

Tom Thumb

For the smaller goats in your life, Tom Thumb, the classic fairy tale character, is a really cute choice of name.

Pygmy goats would make a great Tom Thumb.

At the same time, once again, if you have a very large goat, calling it Tom Thumb works as a cute, funny name.

 

Cupcake

Cupcake is another classic and undeniably adorable pet name.

We all know what it means to be someone’s cupcake, and no doubt this is what goats are to many of us.

This one works with any goat you have, and is a really cute name that everyone will understand.

 

Cocoa

Sweet things are always a good avenue for cute names for your goats.

Who doesn’t love a nice bit of cocoa?

Obviously, this one would work really well with a chocolate brown goat, but the simple, sweetness-invoking nature of the word is what really makes it work as a cute name.

 

Chester

Chester might be a name you think of for a cat more than a goat, but it’s regal, sophisticated, and very cute for any animal.

A goat named Chester would be really cute while at the same time being elegant and graceful—like a proper gentleman!

 

Milo

Milo is another favorite name which works for just about any household pet or farmyard animal.

It makes a great cute name for a goat, and while it would mostly work with male goats, it would be great for any gender!

 

Bubba

Finally, a double B sound is virtually guaranteed to make a cute name for your goat.

Bubba is our choice for this, and makes a really cute name for any goat.

 

Whatever sort of name you’re in the market for, one of these should at least serve as the inspiration you need to find the best name—if they aren’t already the best name!

Naming your goat is a big commitment once you settle on something, so you want to be sure you’ve gotten it right.

If you’re looking for a cute name for your goat, then any one of the names on this list could be the right one for you.