Goldy

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Variant spelling of English Goldey or Scottish and English Goldie

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈɡoʊɫdi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Goldy is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 276K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 600K
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 637K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,204 people, 2020

Sources
183 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 276K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Variant spelling of English Goldey or Scottish and English Goldie.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Goldy counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Goldy is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,2041 in 276K1.1KGoldy183
SE Sweden171 in 600K17—3
NL Netherlands141 in 1.2M14Goldy5
CR Costa Rica81 in 637K8——
PL Poland21 in 19M2——

1,204 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Goldy is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, United States, Argentina, Bolivia

    Also written Göldy, Góldý

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Göldy

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Congo - Kinshasa, United States, Canada

    Also written Gőldy

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Goldy is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, Synonym of goldish.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1900192019401960Goldy Parin-Matthèy, b. 1911Goldy S. Lewis, b. 1921Goldy McJohn, b. 1945

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalनमस्ते Goldy जी,Hi Goldy, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 36 sources across 19 countries.

Official registers attesting Goldy
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020781#31,714
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000715#30,753
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010700#32,792
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—5#53,670
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Goldy mean, and where does it come from?
Variant spelling of English Goldey or Scottish and English Goldie. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Goldy?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɡoʊɫdi/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Goldy a male or female name?
Goldy is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Goldy have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.2 thousand people named Goldy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled goldy.
Where is Goldy most common?
Goldy is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 276 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Goldy?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,204 people named Goldy in 2020, about 1 in 276 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Goldy”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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