Golden - Meaning of Golden

What does Golden mean?

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Golden

[ 2 syll. gol-den, go-ld-en ] The baby boy name Golden is sometimes used as a girl name. It is pronounced as GOWLD-ehN †. Golden is used predominantly in the English language and it is also derived from English origins. The name's meaning is having the color of gold.

Golden is a variant of the name Goldwin (English).

See also the related categories, gold and english.

Golden is an unusual baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1909 with 0.015% of baby boys being given the name Golden. It ranked at #510 then. The baby name has since steeply fallen in popularity, and is currently of irregular use. Among all boy names in its group, Golden was nonetheless the most widely used in 2018. There were times before 1918 that the name Golden was given more often to girls, but it is more popular as a baby boy name today. In 1921, the name Golden was given to 13% more baby boys than girls.

Baby names that sound like Golden include Galltin, Galltyn, Galtin, Galtyn, Gladwenn, Gladwenne, Gladwin, Gladwine, Gladwinn, Gladwinne, Gladwyn, Gladwynn, Gladwynne, Goldwenn, Goldwenne, Goldwin, Goldwine, Goldwinn, Goldwinne, and Goldwyn.

† Pronunciation for Golden: G as in "grin (G.R.IH.N)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"