Given name & surname
Goldman
“the golden one”
Goldman is a variant of Golding. One English interpretation is “the golden one.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Goldman is a variant of Golding. One English interpretation is “the golden one.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Goldman 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 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Goldman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 104
- 104 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1940. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 22,740 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.
Goldman’s family of names
Goldman has a related form in Golding.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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