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Golden name meaning

Last Name
49k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Golden mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Golden

User Submitted Origins

English
53%
Indian (Sanskrit)
24%
Swedish
8%
Dutch
3%
Jewish
3%
Hindu
3%
Scottish
3%
African
3%
Spanish
3%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. 2 submissions from Korea, Republic of and India agree the name Golden means "God bless" and is of Hindu / Indian (Sanskrit) origin.
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
adjective Gold"en
Senses
  1. Made of gold; consisting of gold.
  2. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain.
  3. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently auspicious; as, golden opinions.

Etymology: OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold, and cf. Guilder

Other Dictionary Sources
  1. Presaging or likely to bring good luck or a good outcome
    Synonyms: favorable, favourable, lucky, and prosperous
  2. Suggestive of gold ("a golden voice")
  3. Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold ("long aureate (or golden) hair")
    Synonyms: aureate, gilded, gilt, and gold
  4. Supremely favored ("golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust")
    Synonyms: fortunate
  5. Marked by peace and prosperity ("a golden era")
    Synonyms: halcyon and prosperous
  6. Made from or covered with gold ("the golden calf")
    Synonyms: gilded and gold
Wiktionary

From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden (“golden”), from Old English gylden (“golden”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden, made of gold”), equivalent to gold +‎ -en. Cognate with Dutch gouden (“golden”), German gülden, golden (“golden”), Danish gylden (“golden”). More at gold.

  1. Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.

golden was also found in the following language(s): Dutch, German, and Turkish

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Notable Persons Named Golden

Notable Persons Named Golden

Golden Brooks

Golden Brooks is an actress. She was most prominent from 1993 to present. Golden was given the name Golden Ameda Brooks on December 1st, 1970 in San Francisco, California, U.S.

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Golden Glider

Golden Glider is a comics character.

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Golden Tate

Golden Tate is a football player for the Detroit Lions. He has had major accomplishments since 2010. Golden was born on August 2nd, 1988 in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

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Golden Girl

Golden Girl is a comics character.

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Golden Richards

Golden Richards is a football player. He was most active from 1973 to 1979. Golden was born on December 31st, 1950 in Salt Lake City.

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Golden Archer

Golden Archer is a comics character.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Golden

Notable Persons With the Last Name Golden

Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden

Mitchell is also known as Drew Douglas Grant.

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Annie Golden

Annie Golden is an actress and singer. Her ongoing career started in 1979. Annie was born on October 19th, 1951 in Brooklyn.

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Al Golden

Al Golden is a college coach. Al was born on July 4th, 1969 in Colts Neck Township, New Jersey.

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Olive Carey

Olive Carey was an actor. Her most notable accomplishments were from 1912 to 1912. Olive was given the name Olive Fuller Golden on January 31st, 1896 in New York City. She passed away on March 13th, 1988.

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William Lee Golden

William Lee Golden is a country music and gospel music musician. He was most prominent from 1964 to present. William was born William Lee Golden on January 12th, 1939.

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Arthur Golden

Arthur Golden is a writer. His career lasted from 20 to 20. Arthur was born on December 6th, 1956 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.

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  • Michael Golden
    Comics Creator
  • Lotti Golden
    Musician
  • Danvel Golden
  • Robert Golden
    Football Player
  • Martin Golden
    Police Officer
  • Howard Golden
    Brooklyn Borough President
  • Daniël van Golden
  • Vicki Golden
  • Rolland Golden
  • George Fuller Golden
    Musician
  • Johan Golden
  • James Stephen Golden
  • Jacob Golden
    Singer-songwriter
  • William T. Golden

Common last names for Golden

Common first names for Golden

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Golden U.S.
█  White 74.70% 64.26%
█  African American 19.85% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.54% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.61% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 2.02% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 2.28% 16.26%

Of Last Name Golden

People with the last name Golden are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Golden

  • What name lists does Golden rank for?
    #699Popular Surnames
  • How Popular is the name Golden? Golden is the 4,055th most popular name of all time. As a last name Golden was the 699th most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Golden have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,671 babies born with the first name Golden in the United States. That's more than enough people named Golden to occupy the territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 4,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Golden? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 7 new born babies.
  • When was Golden first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Golden is Thursday, May 7th, 1874.
  • What year had the most people named Golden born? The highest recorded use of the first name Golden was in 1919 with a total of 66 babies.
  • Random Golden Factoid: According to the 1925 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Golden is not a popular baby girl's name in Texas. Imagine that, only 5 babies in Texas have the same name in 1925.
  • Weird things about the name Golden: The name spelled backwards is Nedlog. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Legnod. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Golden? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 49,360 people with the last name Golden.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Golden? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 17 of them will have Golden as their last name.
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