Type Surname
Usage German
Meaning & History
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Type Surname (from occupation & ornamental)
Other Forms FormsGold, Goldman (Americanized), Chrysander (Humanistic translation)
Meaning & History
occupational name for someone who worked with gold denoting anything from a gold-miner to a maker of gold jewelry or a gilder (someone skilled in decorating surfaces with a very thin layer of gold leaf). In the Middle Ages the term also denoted someone who possessed a lot of gold or wore a lot of gold jewelry. Composed of the elements gold "gold" and mann "man".