Golden

Golden is a family name that can be of English, Jewish or Irish origin. It can be a variant spelling of Golding. It is also sometimes a given name, generally male.

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C. 1300, "made of gold," from gold (n.) + -en (2); replacing Middle English gilden, from Old English gyldan. Gold is one of the few Modern English nouns that form adjectives meaning "made of ______" by adding -en (as in wooden, leaden, waxen, olden); those that survive often do so in specialized senses. Old English also had silfren "made of silver," stænen "made of stone," etc. From late 14c. as "of the color of gold." Figurative sense of "excellent, precious, best, most valuable" is from late 14c.; that of "favorable, auspicious" is from c. 1600. Golden mean "avoidance of excess" translates Latin aurea mediocritas (Horace). Golden age "period of past perfection" is from 1550s, from a concept found in Greek and Latin writers; in sense of "old age" it is recorded from 1961. San Francisco Bay's entrance channel was called the Golden Gate by John C. Fremont (1866). The moralistic golden rule earlier was the golden law (1670s). Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them [Matthew vii.12] Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. [George Bernard Shaw, 1898]

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Nickname for someone with golden hair, having the color of gold.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Golden Tate	1988	American football player
2	Golden Glider
3	Golden Brooks	1970	American actress
4	Annie Golden	1951	American actress and singer
5	Al Golden	1969	American college football coach
6	William Lee Golden	1939	American musician
7	Golden Girl
8	Arthur Golden	1956	American novelist
9	Markus Golden	1991	American football player
10	James Golden		American radio personality
11	Christie Golden	1963	American writer
12	Isabel Golden	1963	German pornographic actress
13	Golden Richards	1950	American football player
14	Golden Archer
15	Golden Eagle		Fictional character
16	Christopher Golden	1967	American writer
17	Robert Golden	1990	American football player
18	Harry Golden	1902	American journalist
19	Golden Thirteen
20	Dolly Golden	1973	Former French pornographic actress
21	Brittan Golden	1988	American football player
22	Lotti Golden	1950	American musician
23	Óscar Golden	1946
24	Daniel Golden	1957	American journalist
25	Golden Frinks	1920
26	Martin Golden	1950	American politician
27	Golden Arrow
28	Geoffrey Golden	1994	Musician
29	Peter Benjamin Golden	1941	American historian
30	William Golden	1911	American graphic designer
31	Eddie Golden	1973	American professional wrestler
32	Golden Magic	1990	Mexican professional wrestler
33	Daan van Golden	1936	Dutch painter
34	Sultan Golden		Pakistani stunt performer
35	Diana Golden	1963	American alpine skier
36	Hyman Golden	1923	American businessman
37	Howard Golden	1925	American politician
38	Vicki Golden	1992	Freestyle Motocross rider
39	John Lionel Golden	1874	American playright
40	Golden Pharaoh
41	Andrew K. Golden		American businessman
42	Maurice Golden		Scottish politician
43	Ean Golden	1980	American DJ
44	Golden Knight
45	Sam Golden	1915	American inventor
46	Jane Golden		American artist
47	Ronnie Golden		British musician
48	Johan Golden	1974	Norwegian comedian
49	Jacob Golden	2000	American musician
50	Jack Golden	1977	American football player
51	Marita Golden	1950	American writer
52	Grace Golden	1904	British historian and illustrator
53	Anne Golden	1941	Canadian historian
54	Eve Golden		American biographer
55	Golden Johnson	1974	American boxer
56	Sally Anne Golden	1910	American actress
57	George Fuller Golden	1868	British entertainer
58	William B. Golden	1948	Member of Massachusetts Senate
59	Thomas L. Golden		American miner
60	Johnny Golden	1896	Professional golfer
61	Jeff Golden	1950	American politician
62	Golden Boy
63	Pop Golden	1868	American football and baseball coach
64	Jay Golden		American academic
65	Billy Golden	1858	American entertainer
66	Jim Golden	1936	American baseball player
67	Ellen F. Golden	1946	American nonprofit executive
68	Rolland Golden	1931	American artist
69	Peter Allen Golden	1953	American writer
70	James S. Golden	1891	American politician
71	Grant Golden	1929	American tennis player
72	Bruce Golden	1952	American writer
73	Golden "Big" Wheeler	1929	Chicago blues singer
74	Richard Golden	1854	American actor and comedian
75	Murray Golden	1912	Television director
76	Thomas M. Golden	1947	United States federal judge
77	Sarah Golden	1983	American singer
78	Marvin Golden	1976	British rugby league player
79	William T. Golden	1909	American banker
80	Jason Golden	1985	British rugby league player
81	Samara Golden	1973
82	Marilyn Golden
83	Mark Freer		American professional wrestler
84	Dan Golden	2000	American filmmaker
85	Mike Golden	1851	Major League Baseball player
86	Kate Golden	1967	Professional golfer
87	Marta Golden	1868	American actress
88	Dave Golden	1979	American musician
89	Rena Golden	1961	American journalist
90	Quinn Golden	1954	American singer
91	Charles E. Golden		American businessman
92	Eunice Golden	1927
93	Joy Golden	1930
94	Golden E. Johnson	1944	American judge (1944-2010)
95	Mark Golden	1948	Canadian historian
96	Golden Features
97	Tom Golden	1880	Australian rugby league player
98	Jerry Golden	1923	American broadcaster
99	Travis Golden	1992
100	Tim Golden	1959	American football player, defensive end, linebacker
101	Evan Golden		American actor and producer
102	Max Golden
103	Michael Golden	1942	Justice of the Wyoming Supreme Court
104	Patrick Golden	1836	United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
105	Patricia Golden		American judge
106	Susan Golden
107	Roy Golden	1888	Major League Baseball pitcher
108	Bernard Golden	1925	American esperantist
109	Richard H. Golden	1850	Connecticut politician
110	Golden Miles
111	Jocelyn Golden		American writer
112	Joseph A. Golden	1897	American screenwriter
113	Monroe Golden	2000	American composer
114	Kit Golden	2000	American film producer
115	Golden Diskó Ship	1982
116	Sean Golden	1983
117	Kenneth M. Golden		American applied mathematician
118	Marija Golden
119	Thelma Golden
120	Kenneth Ivan Golden
121	Helen Golden	1953	British sprinter