Browse Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keywords gold or silver or golden.
usage
meaning
Arany Hungarian
Means "golden" in Hungarian. A famous bearer of the name was Hungarian poet János Arany (1817-1882).
Argyris m Greek
Means "silver" in Greek.
Biondo Italian
Variant of Biondi.
Dior French
Possibly from French doré meaning "golden". A famous bearer was the French fashion designer Christian Dior (1905-1957).
Gold English, German, Jewish
From Old English and Old High German gold meaning "gold", an occupational name for someone who worked with gold or a nickname for someone with yellow hair. As a Jewish name it is ornamental.
Goldhirsch Jewish
Means "golden stag" in Yiddish.
Goldschmidt German
Occupational name meaning "goldsmith" in German.
Jin Chinese
From Chinese (jīn) meaning "gold".
Kaneko Japanese
From Japanese (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and (ko) meaning "child".
Kanemaru Japanese
From Japanese (kane) meaning "gold, metal, money" and (maru) meaning "circle, round, whole".
Kim Korean
Korean form of Jin, from Sino-Korean (gim) meaning "gold". This is the most common surname in South Korea.
Oriol Catalan
From Catalan or meaning "gold", originally a nickname for a person with blond hair.
Silver English
From a nickname for a person with grey hair, from Old English seolfor "silver".
Zilberschlag Jewish
Occupational name for a silversmith from Yiddish zilber "silver" and schlag "strike".
Zilberstein Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "silver stone", from Yiddish זילבער (zilber) and שטיין (tein), both of Old High German origin.