The baby name Golde is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced GOLD-uh (GOHLD-uh) or GOLD-ee (GOHLD-ee) — IPA: /ˈɡoʊldə/ or /ˈɡoʊldi/.
The baby name Golde is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced GOLD-uh (GOHLD-uh) or GOLD-ee (GOHLD-ee) — IPA: /ˈɡoʊldə/ or /ˈɡoʊldi/.
Golde is in Origin.
Golde is a Yiddish feminine given name from the noun gold, ultimately from Germanic gold, meaning “gold” or “golden.” In Jewish naming practice it served as a vernacular kinnui paired with the Hebrew Zahava of the same meaning, evoking preciousness, radiance, and good fortune. The standard Yiddish form is Golde; diminutives such as Goldele appear in traditional usage.
Documented across medieval and early modern Ashkenazic communities in German-speaking regions and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the name remained popular into the 19th and early 20th centuries and traveled with Jewish emigrants to Britain and North America. Cultural familiarity today includes Golde, Tevye’s wife in Fiddler on the Roof, and the related variant Golda (as in Golda Meir). Common variants and cognates include Golda, Goldie/Goldy (English diminutives), Goldele (Yiddish), and the parallel forms Zahava (Hebrew) and Zlata/Zołta (Slavic), all centered on the “golden” theme.
Golde is rarely chosen. We count 94 recorded uses of it across 29 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OM | 0 | #121 | 1 | 6,215 | |
| IQ | 0 | #133 | 1 | 3,533 | |
| PS | 0 | #226 | 1 | 5,692 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| IL | 0 | #282 | 1 | 6,291 | |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #337 | 1 | 6,973 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #338 | 2 | 7,570 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #523 | 3 | 11,303 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #536 | 1 | 6,731 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #544 | 4 | 10,981 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #596 | 2 | 20,968 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #605 | 1 | 10,045 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #641 | 5 | 11,648 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #824 | 3 | 15,093 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #914 | 2 | 14,098 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #922 | 4 | 15,035 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #980 | 2 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #998 | 4 | 16,906 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,007 | 8 | 25,931 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,035 | 5 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,143 | 1 | 22,615 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,164 | 13 | 20,130 | |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,181 | 2 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,197 | 3 | 20,986 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,686 | 6 | 28,008 |
Golde is popular in 29 countries — most recent births per country:
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