Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword caprine.
usage
meaning
Agnelli Italian
From Italian agnello meaning "lamb" (ultimately from Latin agnus), denoting a pious or timid person.
Agnellini Italian
From a diminutive of Agnelli.
Agnusdei Italian
From Latin Agnus Dei meaning "lamb of God". This was a nickname for someone who was particularly religious or someone who wore this symbol.
Baran u & m Polish, Slovak, Ukrainian
Means "ram, male sheep" in Polish, Slovak and Ukrainian.
Bárány Hungarian
Means "lamb" in Hungarian.
Beran m Czech
Derived from Czech beran meaning "ram, male sheep".
Beránek m Czech
Means "little ram, male lamb" in Czech.
Cabral Portuguese
From places named from Late Latin capralis meaning "place of goats", derived from Latin capra meaning "goat".
Cabrera Spanish
From various place names derived from Late Latin capraria meaning "place of goats", from Latin capra meaning "goat".
Chevrolet French
From a diminutive of chèvre meaning "goat", indicating a person who cultivated goats.
Geissler German
Occupational name for a goat herder, from southern German Geiss meaning "goat" and the suffix ler signifying an occupation.
Howard 2 English
Occupational name meaning "ewe herder", from Old English eowu "ewe" and hierde "herdsman, guardian".
Kazlow m Belarusian
Derived from Belarusian казёл (kaziol) meaning "male goat", probably used to denote a goatherd.
Kidd English
From a nickname meaning "young goat, kid" in Middle English, of Old Norse origin.
Koç Turkish
Means "ram" in Turkish.
Kozel u & m Belarusian, Czech
Belarusian and Czech cognate of Kozioł.
Kozioł Polish
Means "male goat" in Polish, probably used to denote a goatherd.
Kozlov m Russian
Derived from Russian козёл (kozyol) meaning "male goat", probably used to denote a goatherd.
Lamb English
From the name of the animal, perhaps a nickname for a shy person.
Mutton English
Referred to a shepherd or else someone who in some way resembled a sheep, derived from Norman French mouton "sheep".
Pecora Italian
Means "sheep" in Italian, an occupational name for a shepherd.
Shepherd English
Occupational name meaning "shepherd, sheep herder", from Old English sceaphyrde.
Teke 2 Turkish
Occupational name for a goat herder, from Turkish teke "goat".
Tupper English
Occupational name for a herdsman, derived from Middle English toupe "ram".
Witherspoon English
Originally given to a person who dwelt near a sheep enclosure, from Middle English wether "sheep" and spong "strip of land".