Goater

English

Etymology

From Old English gāthyrde (“goatherd”).

Proper noun

Goater (plural Goaters)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Goater is the 9623^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 627 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Goater”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 54.

Anagrams

• toe-rag, toerag, Ortega, gear to, garote, toe rag, ergato-, Argote, OR gate, orgeat, Tagore