Given name & surname
Gold
“the golden one”
Gold is a variant of Golding. One English interpretation is “the golden one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gold is a variant of Golding. One English interpretation is “the golden one.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gold is a variant of Golding. An origin associated with Golding is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gold through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44
- 16 boys · 28 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,711 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,711 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 307 as a first name in 2020; 18,661 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gold’s family of names
In German usage, Gold has a later derivative in GOLDBERG. Gold has a related form in Golding. In English usage, Gold as a surname has a related form in GOULD.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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