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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English and German : from an Old English and Germanic personal name composed of the elements gold ‘gold’ + rīc ‘ruler’.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Americanized spelling of the Ashkenazic ornamental name Goldreich, composed of the German elements Gold ‘gold’ + reich ‘rich’.

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