Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from the Old English personal name Goldhere, composed of the elements gold ‘gold’ + here ‘army’.
  • English : habitational name from a place in Oxfordshire, so named from Old English golde ‘marigold’ (a derivative of gold) + ōra ‘slope’.
  • German (also Gölder) : variant of Goldner.
  • Jewish : variant of Gold.

Subscribe to Family Education

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe