Gulden Family History
Gulden Name Meaning
Dutch and German (also Gülden): from gulden ‘golden’ derived from vergulden vergolden ‘to gild’ a metonymic occupational name for a craftsman who gilds objects; compare Guldner . Dutch: from gulden the name of the coin (English guilder) applied as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house name such as In den silvren Gulden (‘In the Silver Guilder’) or from related verb meaning ‘to gild’ applied as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house name such as De Gulden Hoeve (‘The Gilded Farmhouse’) or De Gulden Zwaan (‘The Gilded Swan’). Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Gulden Yiddish guldn or Polish gulden ‘guilder’ (see 1 above). English: variant of Golden .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022