Given name & surname

Goldstein

“gold”·“stone”

Goldstein is a surname from German. It is used in English, Spanish, French, German, and 2 other languages.

Original GermanGold

Meaning & origin

What it means

Goldstein is built from elements meaning “gold” and “stone”.

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Where it comes from

Goldstein comes from German.

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How it developed

From German Gold.

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Goldstein’s family of names

In German usage, Goldstein has a later derivative in Гольдштейн. In English usage, Goldstein as a surname was borrowed from the German form Gold. In German usage, Goldstein as a surname has a related form in GOLDENSTEIN.

Walk Goldstein’s family in the name graph

GoldsteinGüldensteinGolsteinGoldensteinGoldstainerGoltsteinGoldГольдштейнゴールドスタインΓκολντστάινГолдщайн

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Goldstein has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.

GermanJapanese

Germanwhere Goldstein comes from · 6 names

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

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Goodacre

“goat”

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German

Holbein

“hollow”

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83% boys · 17% girls

Sibling ideas

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