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golden Name Meaning and History

  1. English: nickname for someone with golden hair, from Middle English gelden, golden (from Old English gylden).
  2. Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Ualghairg (see McGoldrick).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the golden family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of golden Families in the US in 1920
Number of golden families
 510-1017
 171-509		 1-170
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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