Golda

Where Golda comes from

The dictionaries list Golda as a given name — a female given name from Yiddish — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Yiddish
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #738 among girls — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1894
    Peak, #295
    86 babies named Golda — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1898
    Golda Meir born
    Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974
  4. 1933
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,364.
  5. 1970
    Golda Rosheuvel born
    English actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Yiddish.
Namesakes
  • Golda Meir · Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974, 1898–1978
  • Golda Rosheuvel · English actress, born 1970
  • Golda Madden · American actress, 1886–1960
  • Golda Schultz · South African soprano singer, born 1983
  • Golda Marcus · swimmer, born 1983

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.