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Golda

girl name
Origin
Germanic
Syllables
2
Peak era
1890s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

gold

Forever tied to Golda Meir, a beloved Yiddish heirloom name.

Popularity, 1890–2024

peak 1890s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Golda peaked in the 1890s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

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Popularity in Brazil

71 people · the #52,382 first name in Brazil · median age 48

1970s

Among people named Golda living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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The Golda deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Golda truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Golda fits with your family’s names and surname.

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