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goat meaning

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Akerregi Basque
Basque surname meaning "goat's hillside", composed of aker and -egi, meaning "goat" and "hillside" respectively.

Anay-ool Tuvan
Derived from Tuvan анай (anay) meaning "goat, kid" combined with оол (ool) meaning "son, boy".

Beccaria Italian
From beccaro "butcher", ultimately from becco "goat".

Bobeck Swedish, German, Jewish, Slavic
A respelling of the Swedish Bobäck, an ornamental name composed of the elements bo meaning "farm" and bäck meaning "stream".... [more]

Capra Italian
From the Latin word capra meaning "nanny goat." This was a name originally borne by shepherds / goat herders.

Capraro Italian
Occupational name for a goatherd, derived from Italian capra meaning "goat".

Capricorne French
Derived from the Latin word (Capricornus) meaning "horned like a goat". Probably a nickname for an ambitious person.

Cheever English
Means "goatherd", or from a medieval nickname for someone thought to resemble a goat (e.g. in capriciousness) (in either case from Anglo-Norman chivere "goat"). It was borne by American author John Cheever (1912-1982).

Chevrier French
Occupational name for a goatherd from an agent derivative of chèvre "goat" (from Latin capra "nanny goat").

Ciavarella Italian
From Sicilian ciavaredda "goat kid", an occupational name for a goatherd, or perhaps a nickname based on the bearer's appearance or behaviour.

Craparotta Italian
From Sicilian crapa "she-goat" and rotta "broken".

Faraguna Croatian, Italian
Derived from Istro-Romanian fară gună, meaning "without a shepherd's goat-skin cloak".

Gadbury English
Habitational name from Cadborough, alias Gateborough, in Rye, Sussex, probably so named from Old English gāt meaning "goat" + beorg meaning "hill".

Gaskill English
Meaning "Goat Shelter". English (Lancashire) habitual name from Gatesgill in Cumbria, so named from Old Norse geit ‘goat’ + skáli ‘shelter’. The surname is first recorded in the early half of the 14th Century.

Gasser German (Swiss)
Occupational name for a goat herd from Middle High German geiz meaning "Goat" and (n)er an agent suffix.

Gatenby English
Derives from the place of Gatenby in North Yorkshire, which comes from an Old Norse personal name "Gaithen", likely from Old Norse geitin "goats" (later influenced by Old English gāt "goat") and the suffix býr "farm, settlement", referring to a settlement with goats... [more]

Gatton English
Gat means "goat" and ton from tun means "enclosure".

Gierc English, Polish
Pronounciation: Rhymes with "pierce." Hard "g" (as in "goat"). ... [more]

Kilgore Scottish
Habitational name for someone from Kilgour in Fife, named with the Gaelic coille "wood" and gobhar, gabhar "goat".

Kits Estonian
Kits is an Estonian surname meaning "goat".

Kruup Estonian
Kruup is an Estonian surname meaning "goat".

Meka Telugu
From Telugu మేక (meka) meaning "goat".

Phukuntsi Tswana, Sotho
This surname has multilayered meanings... [more]

Sikk Estonian
Sikk is an Estonian surname meaning "billy goat".

Sikkel Estonian
Sikkel is an Estonian surname derived from "sikk" meaning "billy goat".

Sokk Estonian
Sokk is an Estonian surname that means both "sock" and "billy-goat".

Steinbock German
From German 'stein' meaning "stone" and 'der bock' meaning "goat".

Ziegenfuss German
Meaning "goat foot".

Ziegenhagen German
Derived from Middle High German zige "goat" and hag "enclosure, hedge, pasture". Could be an occupational name for someone who kept goats, or be derived from any of several places with the name.

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