Heraldry and the Golding Surname

Your Golding ancestor may well appear as Golden in earlier records. Read literally, Golding points to “Golden-haired”.

• 5,321 Americans were listed as Golding in the 2010 census. It sits among the 10,000 most common last names in the country. In the Spanish register, Golding appears 106 times as a first surname and 52 times as a second one.
• Records show Golding as one of the forms Golden took over time.
• Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.
• The same family of names includes Goulding, Goldin and Goulden.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Golden and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Golding family name pack.