Goldy

Meaning: Gold; also darling
Origin: Variant of Golda · The Yiddish root word has both senses (from Yiddish)

Girl's name · #2026 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Goldy is climbing: on the charts since 1911, it is ranked #2026 in 2025, with about 90 girls given the name last year. Roughly 1,700 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

In recent years, Goldy ran about 15× its national rate in New York.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 1 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Goldy ranks in other countries and regions.

#2,538 in Canada (2024).

Famous Goldys

Goldy Notay — British actress
Goldy Locks — American singer

In stories & tradition

Goldy Schulz — Goldy Schulz culinary mysteries (novel series)

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Goldie (#621), Goldy would rank around #537 with about 560 births last year — the newborns split about 83/17 between Goldie and Goldy.

Similar names: Goldie · Hindy · Elody · Shaindy · Rivky · Raizy

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