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Origin and popularity of the name GOLDSMITH

Origin

Goldsmith : 1: English: occupational name for a worker in gold from Middle English goldsmith Old English goldsmithgoldsmith’ a compound of gold ‘gold’ + smith ‘smith’.2: Americanized form (translation into English) of Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German Goldschmidt and also of its Dutch equivalent Goldsmit.

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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, ©2021, University of the West of England
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England

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    Variants of name GOLDSMITH

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