Gould

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English

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Gould

Etymology

Variant of Gold.

Proper noun

Gould (countable and uncountable, plural Goulds)

A surname.
A number of places in the United States:
1. A minor city in Lincoln County, Arkansas.
2. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Colorado.
3. A township in Cass County, Minnesota.
4. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
5. A town in Harmon County, Oklahoma.
6. An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translingual: Gouldia

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Gould is the 891^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 38924 individuals. Gould is most common among White (86.79%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gould”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 70.

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gold, from Proto-West Germanic *golþ. Cognates include West Frisian goud and German Gold.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣoːu̯ld/
Hyphenation: Gould
Rhymes: -oːu̯ld

Noun

Gould n (uncountable)

gold

References

Marron C. Fort (2015) “Gould”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

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