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The surname Gold is English and German from Old English, Old High German gold. It was an occupational name for someone who worked in gold, i.e. a refiner, jeweler, or gilder, or as a nickname for someone who either had many gold possessions or bright yellow hair.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, Special:Booksources

The surname Gold is also an arbitrarily selected or assigned surname used by Jews from Central and Eastern Europe and having no connection to a person's occupation or personal characteristic.

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