Given name & surname · also Yiddish
Goldie
“gold”
Goldie is used as a given name and a surname. One Yiddish and English interpretation is “gold.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Yiddish and English interpretation is “gold.”
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Yiddish and English naming traditions.
How it developed
In Jewish use, Goldie is used as a form of Yiddish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Goldie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 38,996
- 443 boys · 38,553 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 1,068 babies
- 2025
- 469
- #621 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +152%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 469 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 621 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 151.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,051 in 1915. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (53). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,844 as a first name in 2020; 1,316 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.
Goldie’s family of names
Goldie has a related form in Golda. Goldie is an English adaptation of Golda. Goldie is an English adaptation of Yiddish.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Goldie
- Goldie HawnAmerican actressborn 1945
- Goldie HillAmerican musician1933–2005
- Goldie HarveyNigerian singer1983–2013
- Goldie Steinbergfemale supercentenarian1900–2015
- Goldie SayersBritish javelin throwerborn 1982
- Goldie LocAmerican rapperborn 1980
- Goldie MichelsonAmerican supercentenarian1902–2016
- Goldie ColwellAmerican actor (1889-1982)
- Goldie GhamariCanadian politician and activistborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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