Golda: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “gold”
- Origin
- Yiddish
- Say it
- GOHL-duh · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Girls
Golda comes through Yiddish, from the Germanic word for 'gold'. A well-known bearer is Golda Meir, the Israeli prime minister.
How popular is Golda?
Babies named Golda in 202465
2024 rank#2,649 girls
Peak year1894
Total US babies since 18806,365
Golda is rising: use over the last five years is 1.9× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Golda
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Golda questions
What does the name Golda mean?
Golda means "gold". It comes from Yiddish. Golda comes through Yiddish, from the Germanic word for 'gold'. A well-known bearer is Golda Meir, the Israeli prime minister.
Is Golda a boy or girl name?
Golda is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Golda?
65 US babies were named Golda in 2024. Its peak year was 1894.
How do you pronounce Golda?
Golda is usually pronounced GOHL-duh.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.