96 Female Sheep Names (young & mature)

I have hand-picked 96 female sheep names with meanings also included.

List of 96 Female Sheep Names:

Blackie

Blackie comes from the Old English word ‘blæc’ and means black. In the animated short The Legend of Coyote Rock, there is a character names Blackie, which is a small black sheep. There is also the character Blackie the Lamb that was created by Paramount Pictures’ Famous Studios.

Rebecca

Rebecca has its origins in the Hebrew language and is meaning “captivating beauty” or ”to bind.” Variations I find interesting are Ríobhca in Irish and Lepeka in Hawaiian.

Woolwind

”Wolf friend.”

Bathsheba

Meaning “daughter of the oath,” Bathsheba is of Hebrew origin. According to the Bible Bathsheba had five children with King David and one is Solomon.

Galaxy

Galaxy comes from the Greek term for the Milky Way.

Meryl Sheep

Meryl Sheep is a spoof of the actress Meryl Streep. On Sesame Street, there is a muppet one.

Lovie

Lovie is a diminutive of the word love.

Feta

Feta means ”to slice” and is from the Italian fetta, most likely from cutting the cheese. Traditional feta is made from their milk. It has been protected in the EU since 2002.

Manchego

Manchego is meaning “from La Mancha” and is pronounced as man-CHAY-goh.

Halloumi

Halloumi is a cheese originating from Cyprus. The annual halloumi market is close to half a $ billion.

Caviar

The word “caviar,” is derived from the Persian word, “khavyar,” meaning cake of strength.

Liberty

“Freedom” and “free choice.”

Rambunctious

Rambunctious is symbolizing someone who is full of energy and difficult to control.

Irene

Irene is from the Greek word for “peace.” Irene of Athens was Byzantine empress consort to Emperor Leo IV.

Frosty

It means covered in frost or icy.

Luna

Luna is the Latin moon and the Roman goddess who is the divine embodiment of the Moon.

Coco

Coco means coconut in Spanish and Portuguese. The Coco is also the equivalent of the bogeyman, found in Spain and Portugal.

Sherpa

Sherpa has its origins in the Tibetan words Shar (east) and Pa (people). So, it means ”people from the east.”

Clarabelle

From the Latin and French elements clara (bright) and belle (beautiful).

Ewelina

”Living one.”

Aurora

Aurora is symbolizing ”dawn,” the Roman goddess of first light. Galileo first used the term aurora borealis in 1619.

Woolhelmina

Woolhelmina is composed of the word wool and helmina, a diminutive of Wilhelmina (resolute protector).

Poppy

Poppy is related to the flower poppy which is part of the subfamily Papaveroideae.

Buttercup

Buttercup has English origins and is symbolizing “yellow wildflower.” Princess Buttercup is the true hero of The Princess Bride.

Olive

Olive is from the Latin oliva and Livvy is a short form.

Nutmeg

“Musky nut.”

Fluffy

Fluffy is derived from the English word fluff (airy).

Dottie

It is a diminutive form of the name Dorothy, meaning God’s gift. Other diminutives of the name Dorothy are Dotty, Dot, Doro, Dorie, and Dodie.

Cotton

Cotton has roots in the Arabic qutn.

Bluebell

It is the woodland flower that is found in British forests each spring.

Tilly

“Mighty in battle.”

Lavender

From the Medieval Latin lavandula, that is possibly linked to lavare and means “to wash.”

Sassafras

Sassafras trees are a symbol of healing.

Juniper

Juniper comes from the Latin juniperus. Possible diminutives are Juno and Junie.

Primrose

”First rose.”

Bramble

“Blackberry shrub.”

Petunia

”Tobacco.” Petunia is from the French word pétun. There is a character Petunia in The Angry Birds Movie.

Cressida

Cressida is interpreted as gold or golden. There is a character named Cressida in William Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida. There is a moon of Uranus called Cressida.

Cinderella

Cinderella signifies “Girl By The Cinders.” Cinderella is Disney’s 2nd “princess.” In 2018, the animated film Cinderella and the Secret Prince was released.

Magnolia

Magnolia is derived from the French botanist Pierre Magnol.

Rosette

Rosette is the French diminutive of rose.

Selene

”Moon”. In Greek legends Selene is the goddess who personifies the moon and crosses the night in a silver chariot.

Freya

Freya is ”lady” in Old Norse and the goddess of love and gold. It has a common root with the German Frau.

Shanna

Shanna is a short version of the Hebrew Shoshana which means lily.

Winifred

Winifred has Old English origins and has a meaning that I love, ”blessed” or ”friend of peace.”

Marigold

”Mary’s gold.” Lady Edith’s daughter is known as Marigold Gregson in Downton Abbey.

Clover

Clover brings good fortune in three or four leaves.

Noreen

”Honor.”

Lilou

It is a diminutive of Lily, that comes from the flower lily. French-American author Lilou Macé published her first book, I Lost My Job and I Liked It, in 2009.

Zinnia

It is the flower zinnia, after the German scientist Johann Gottfried Zinn. In 2016 a zinnia became the first flower to bloom in the space station’s Veggie garden.

Seraphina

Seraphina is the feminine form of the Latin Seraphinus which comes from the Hebrew word seraphim (fiery ones).

Rachel

In Hebrew Rachel means “female sheep” and it belongs to the wife of Jacob. Rae and Rach are diminutives that I like.

Pecorino

Pecorino is Italy’s family of sheep-milk cheeses and is composed of pecora and is from the Latin pecus for livestock. Roman soldiers marched on a daily 27-gram ration of it. It is pronounced as peck-uh-REE-noh.

Beatrix

In 1943 Beatrix Potter was elected the first woman president of the Herdwick Sheep Breeders Association. It means ”voyager” or ”blessed.”

Agnes

It is from the Greek hagne that means ”pure” and combines with the Latin agnus (”lamb”). Saint Agnes has her feast on 21 January.

Fern

Fern is symbolizing “someone who lives among ferns”.

Heather

From in the Middle English hather.

Willow

Willow comes from Old English welig and Will is a common short variation. Willow bark has salicin, the natural ancestor of aspirin.

Saffron

Saffron reached English via the Arabic za’faran that has roots in a Persian word for gold. It is pronounced as SAF-run.

Hazel

Hazel is from Old English haesel.

Cinnamon

Cinnamon comes from the Greek kinnamomon. Emperor Nero burned a year’s worth of Rome’s cinnamon at the funeral of his wife Poppaea.

Honey

It has roots straight from Old English hunig.

Pearl

Pearl is the birthstone of June.

Iris

”Rainbow.”

Clementine

Clementine comes from the Latin clemens and the feminine variation of Clement.

Marshmallow

Marshmallow is made of the old Germanic marsh (that means ”a flooded area of land”) and the Latin word for soft.

Snowdrop

Snowdrop is from the German Schneetropfen.

Misty

Misty is derived from the Old English mist. Marguerite Henry’s novel Misty of Chincoteague was inspired by a Chincoteague pony.

Myrtle

“Evergreen shrub.”

Ramona

Ramona is the Spanish feminine of Ramón, from the Germanic ragin (“advice”) and mund (“protector”).

Alba

”White” or ”dawn.”

Ricotta

Ricotta is Italian for “recooked,” from the Latin recocta. Technically, ricotta is a whey product.

Lana

Lana is Latin for “wool,” and it has a similar root to lanolin, the waxy grease this animal secrete into their fleece.

Violet

”Purple/blue flower.”

Roquefort

Roquefort is from the French village Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, and combines “rock” and “strong.” In 1925 it became the first cheese to receive France’s AOC protection.

Dolly

Dolly was initially a pet form of Dorothy, “gift of God.” I found it funny that this nickname became the English “doll.”

It is also the first mammal cloned from an adult at the Roslin Institute in Scotland.

Blossom

“To thrive.”

Wren

From the Old English wrenna, a brown songbird.

Posy

It is a short form of “poesy,” an old word for poetry. From the 15th to the 17th centuries, lovers exchanged posy rings.

Tulip

Tulip came to English from the Turkish tülbend, “turban.”

Ffion

Ffion is Welsh for “foxglove,” the purple flower of hedgerows and woodland edges. It is pronounced as FEE-on.

Thistle

Thistle is from the Old English thistel.

Ruby

From ruber, “red.”

Daisy

In 1961 an IBM 7094 at Bell Labs sang “Daisy Bell.” It was the first song performed with computer speech synthesis. It is meaning “day’s eye”.

Shirley

Shirley is from Old English scir (that means “bright”) and leah (“clearing” or “meadow”). It was used mostly for  boys until Charlotte Brontë’s 1849 novel Shirley.

Una

Una comes from the Irish Úna. Its meaning is uncertain, but its linked to uan, Irish for “lamb.”

Una travels leading a milk-white lamb in Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene.

Meringue

Meringue is French and possibly connected to the town of Meiringen.

Gwendolyn

“Blessed ring.” Gwen and Wendy are good diminutives.

Baabara

Baabara is a variation of Barbara and comes from the Greek barbaros, “foreign.” Short forms include Babs and Bobbie.

Cumulus

Cumulus is the Latin for “heap” or “pile.”

Bo Peep

Bo Peep comes from peekaboo.

Nimbus

Romans used nimbus for a dark cloud.

Merino

In 2004 a New Zealand merino called Shrek was found after six years. His 27 kg fleece was enough to make 20 large men’s suits.

Ewenice

Ewenice has origins in the Greek Eunike, and is made from eu (“good”) and nike (“victory”).

Lamb Chop

Lamb Chop combines the Old English lamb and chop, from the Middle English choppen, “to cut.”

Mary

Mary comes from the Latin Maria that is from the Hebrew Miryam. “Bitter” and “beloved” are the main meanings. In 1830 Sarah Josepha Hale published “Mary Had a Little Lamb”.