Name that Ram Lamb
In today’s post, I need your help naming our new Ram lamb. He is just little, born April 27th. He is 96.5% Gottand with the remainder being Finn. He doesn’t have a name yet. He can’t be registered because he has a white patch on top of his head. This suits me as it brings him into my price range.
Here are his mom and dad.
And this is him.
Jan suggested Sven, my husband thought of Batman because there is a town called Gothem on the island of Gotland. What are your great ideas for a wonderful name for this little guy? Or maybe something formal-sounding with a good nickname? We had a dog whose real name was Amulets More Music; we called her Corry, short for encore. We are good with a strange and/or convoluted reasoning for a name.
22 thoughts on “Name that Ram Lamb”
I like Finn
He is a little bit Finn but my grandson is Fynn so I better not. LOL
My first thought was Spot, or how about Paikalla, which is Finnish for Spot or Fläck (pronounced Flake) which is Swedish for Spot.
We are a bit odd about naming our animals too. We once had a hamster called Hamlet Shufflebottom; a cat whose big round eyes and pointy-up ears made him look like a long eared owl, so of course he was Wol – after Christopher Robin’s friend; two cat sisters who were so alike we ended up putting a red collar on one and a green one on the other and calling them Port and Starboard (shortened to Star); a kitten who was black with beautiful blue eyes and white “boots” so was called Snudge (after Bootsie and Snudge – showing my age now) and a cat who ate like a vacuum cleaner and was very productive at the other end so was called Edgar after J Edgar Hoover and Edgar Allan Poe! 😬🤪
Ann
I like Flake. also like a big snow flake landed on his head. we have had so many strange names for animals over the years, its crazy and then all the nick names. It does make it fun to name them.
Poika (pronounce po-ee-ka) is Finnish for ‘boy’.
As your husband thought of Batman perhaps the ram’s formal name could be “Divine Rama of Canada” – Rama is a deity that upholds righteousness and combats evil.
He’s so gorgeous and his white spot is cute 🙂 It’s fun to see all suggestions.
LOL
He is beautiful 🤩. He reminds me of a Medieval Monk (white spot looks like bald spot) so I thought Benedict (Bene) or Friar
That’s a good one.
I love his white spot!
From the British Gotland Sheep Society
“The breed was first established on the Swedish island of Gotland by the Vikings with Karakul and Romanov sheep brought back from expeditions deep into Russia and crossed with the native landrace sheep.”
So how about a Viking name?
Bjorn: Meaning “bear,” symbolizing strength and courage.
Erik: Meaning “eternal king,” often associated with Erik the Red.
Gunnar: Meaning “warrior”.
Harald: Meaning “army commander”.
Leif: Meaning “descendant” or “heir,” as in Leif Erikson.
Ragnar: Meaning “wisdom of the army”.
Ivar: Meaning “warrior,” associated with Ivar the Boneless.
Thor: Meaning “thunder,” after the Norse god of thunder.
Olaf: Meaning “ancestor’s relic”.
Roar: Meaning “fame”.
Trygve: Meaning “trustworthy”.
Arne: Meaning “eagle”.
Sune: Meaning “son”.
Halvard: Meaning “guardian of the rock”.
Asbjorn: Meaning “God’s bear”.
Solveig: Meaning “sun strength”.
You’d better keep a note of all these names Ann, so you can use them for the progeny. I assume that you are intending to breed from him?
Ann
Lots of good ones. Olaf is out everyone will wonder why he is named after a snowman (from Frozen the movie)
I think the name Harry would suit.
But he isn’t hairy, he is woolly. LOL
I’m quickly jumping before reading the full article. Brian just looked at the photo and said “it’s ‘Dungkey’ like from Shreck!” (In Mike Meyers voice, of course!)
Love this!
Yes he does, with his white circled eye.
I think Snowcap for the patch of white. You could call him Snowy or patch for short.
Those have already been used around here, along with all the usable Christmas names.
Finally joining the party….
Alfred, Thadd, Jeeves or Carson….why….because he looks very stately as if he is carrying a silver salver just like a butler.
Hence….
Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth – Batman
Jeeves – PG Woodhouse stories
Carson – Downton Abbey
Thaddeus (Greek) also means – heart, courageous heart or friend!
Look forward to hearing of your final choice, you have been given so many to ponder over. Good luck xx
I like Thadd. We had a house bottle piglet called Alfred. I can’t remember why we picked Alfred.
you have to be careful in what you name someone. idealy, you have to be able to stand in a crowd or your back yard and yell at the top of your lungs the name and not feel Too imbarsed.
please forgive my furry son Evil, he named himself. (i suggested all my favorite norse names and others he ansered to Evil couch bain. so he named himself Evil the good relitvley speeking. which he was compaired to his sister, Miaka wobble belly, center of the Universe.) the dog we got them for there 5th Birthday was Barraccus distoyer of socks and underware.
so if you sill want to take my suggestion an if Sven dose not sute him, perhaps “Kjarval” (diminutive would be “Kjary”)
“musta” (pronounced Mooos-a) is finnish for black or if you want to be subversive you could call him “valkoinen” (ask google translate to prononce it) which meens white.
you could always coll him “finn” with two or three n’s to keep him seperate from your grandson?
he looks like a lovely boy and i am sure all the girls will be vary impressed to meet him this fall!
No doubt by now this little beauty has his name Ann. So I will instead tell you a true (I swear) story. I was talking to a friend recently about names, embarassing names etc etc. One story came from me and I can’t possibly commit it to writing as it involved choosing my eldest’s birth names. But she told me a story about this couple she knew who called the eldest child Ella. Lovely name! Then baby number 2 arrived, a bundle of joy, a boy who they called Sam. So, going forward, when asked the kids’ names, they quickly became Sam an Ella.
I want to cuddle little white top.
Helene