Names Categorized "goats"

Aegeus m Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of Greek Αἰγεύς (Aigeus), probably derived from Greek αἴξ (aix) meaning "goat" (genitive αἰγός). The plural of this word, αἶγες, additionally means "waves". According to Greek mythology this was the name of a king of Athens. Believing his son Theseus to have been killed by the Minotaur, he threw himself into the sea and was drowned. The sea was henceforth known as the Aegean.

Aegidius m Late Roman
Original Latin form of Giles.

Aigeus m Greek Mythology
Original Greek form of Aegeus.

Amalthea f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
From the Greek Ἀμάλθεια (Amaltheia), derived from μαλθάσσω (malthasso) meaning "to soften, to soothe". In Greek myth she was a nymph (in some sources a goat) who nursed the infant Zeus.

Amaltheia f Greek Mythology
Greek form of Amalthea.

Aran 2 m Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Means "wild goat" in Hebrew. This is the name of a son of Dishan in the Old Testament.

Arwa f Arabic
Means "female ibex, mountain goat" in Arabic. This name was borne by some relatives of the Prophet Muhammad. It was also the name of a 12th-century queen of Yemen.

Azazel m Biblical
Means "scapegoat" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament, this is the name of the recipient of a sacrificial goat. The identity of Azazel is not clear; it may in fact be the name of the place where the goat is to be sacrificed, or it may be the name of some sort of evil desert demon.

Capri f English (Modern)
From the name of the picturesque Italian island of Capri. It is likely from Greek κάπρος (kapros) meaning "wild boar", though it could also be of Etruscan origin or from Latin capri meaning "goats".

Egidijus m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of Aegidius (see Giles).

Egídio m Portuguese
Portuguese form of Aegidius (see Giles).

Egidio m Italian
Italian form of Aegidius (see Giles).

Erva f Turkish
Turkish form of Arwa.

Gidie m Medieval French
Medieval French form of Aegidius (see Giles).

Gil 1 m Portuguese, Spanish
Portuguese and Spanish form of Giles.

Giles m English
From the Late Latin name Aegidius, which is derived from Greek αἰγίδιον (aigidion) meaning "young goat". Saint Giles was an 8th-century miracle worker who came to southern France from Greece. He is regarded as the patron saint of the crippled. In Old French the name Aegidius became Gidie and then Gilles, at which point it was imported to England. Another famous bearer was the 13th-century philosopher and theologian Giles of Rome (Egidio in Italian).

Gilles m French
French form of Giles.

Gillette f French
Feminine form of Gilles.

Gillis m Swedish (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Swedish and Dutch form of Gilles.

Gyles m English (Rare)
Variant of Giles.

Iael f Biblical Greek
Form of Jael used in the Greek Old Testament.

Iahel f Biblical Latin
Form of Jael used in the Latin Old Testament.

Jaala m Biblical
Means "wild goat" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a servant of Solomon.

Jael f Biblical, Biblical Portuguese
From the Hebrew name יָעֵל (Yaʿel) meaning "ibex, mountain goat". This name appears in the Old Testament belonging to the wife of Heber the Kenite. After Sisera, the captain of the Canaanite army, was defeated in battle by Deborah and Barak he took refuge in Heber's tent. When he fell asleep Jael killed him by hammering a tent peg into his head.

Jahel f Biblical
Variant of Jael.

Marva f English
Feminine form of Marvin.

Marvin m English, German, Dutch
From an English surname that was derived from the Welsh given name Merfyn or the Old English name Mærwine. As an American given name, it steadily rose in popularity through the beginnings of the 20th century and peaked in the early 1930s (closely mirroring the similar-sounding but unrelated name Melvin). A famous bearer was the American musician Marvin Gaye (1939-1984).

Marvyn m English (Rare)
Variant of Marvin.

Merfyn m Welsh
From an Old Welsh name (recorded variously as Mermin, Merhin or Merwin), of uncertain meaning. It is possibly from mer "bone marrow" or mor "sea" with the second element possibly mynawg "eminent, noble", mynnu "wish, desire" or myn "young goat, kid". This was the name of a 9th-century king of Gwynedd, Merfyn Frych.

Mermin m Old Welsh
Old Welsh form of Merfyn.

Mervin m English
Variant of Mervyn or Marvin.

Mervyn m Welsh, English
Welsh variant of Merfyn, as well as the usual Anglicized form.

Pan m Greek Mythology
Possibly from the Indo-European root *peh- meaning "shepherd, protect". In Greek mythology Pan was a half-man, half-goat god associated with shepherds, flocks and pastures.

Tilen m Slovene
Slovene form of Aegidius (see Giles).

Valentino m Italian
Italian form of Valentinus (see Valentine 1).

Yael f Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew form of Jael.