Names That Mean Gold Or Golden
Names that trace to a recorded golden root — Aurelia from Latin aurum, Orla the Irish 'golden princess', Hema from Sanskrit.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
aureus — “golden” via Aurelia | 40#3,759 | Up 379 rank positions in five years | 1919 | ||
aureus — “golden” | 1,056#290 | Up 241 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
ór + flaith — “gold + princess” | 70#2,532 | Up 1,804 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
hemā — “gold” | 5#15,762 | new | 2007 | ||
Aurelius — “golden” | 25#4,148 | Up 3,413 rank positions in five years | 2024 |
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Every name here has a documented root whose literal meaning matches this theme. Each name’s subtitle gives its documented root and meaning. Where it says "via", the name is a recorded form of another name (Maggie of Margaret) and the meaning is the base name's. Roots are extracted from etymologies on Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0). Ranks come from official birth card-application data; "—" means fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, a genuinely rare pick rather than an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.