Last name: GOLDEN
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GOLDEN : This last name is indexed 101,025 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
GOLDEN : 1: English: from Middle English golden ‘made of gold; golden in color’ (from Old English gylden) generally a nickname for someone with golden-blond hair.2: Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Ualghairg (see McGoldrick).3: Irish: adopted for Ó Gabhláin ‘descendant of Gabhlán’ a personal name based on a diminutive of gabhal ‘fork’.
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