Golda

Golda is a term of which the various forms stem from Proto-Germanic gulþą "gold", and may refer to:

Geography

 * Golda, the original name of Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands
 * Golda, the earliest known name for the river Gouwe in the Netherlands
 * Ramat Golda neighborhood in Haifa, Israel
 * Sderot Golda Meir (Route 436 (Israel–Palestine)), regional arterial road in Israel and the West Bank

People
Golda (גאָלדע or גאָלדאַ, גוֹלְדָה) is a Yiddish-language female name. Notable people with this name include:
 * Mascha Kaléko (1907–1975), born Gołda Małka Aufen, German-language poet
 * Olga Bancic (1912–1944), born Golda Bancic, Jewish Romanian communist and member of the French Resistance during World War II
 * Golda Fried (born 1972), novelist, writer, and poet
 * Golda Friedman, character from Berlin Station (TV series)
 * Golda Gorbman (1887–1959), spouse of Kliment Voroshilov
 * Golda Glickman, better known as Roxana Sand or Roxanne Carmine, erotic dancer and fan dancer
 * Abigail Golda Hoffman (born 1947), Canadian track and field athlete
 * Lea Golda Holterman (born 1976), Israeli photographer
 * Golda Krolik (1892–1985), Detroit activist and organizer
 * Golda Lishansky, better known as Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi (1886–1979), Israeli author and educator, and a leading Labor Zionist
 * Golda Madden (1886–1960), American actress
 * Golda Marcus (born 1983), swimmer from El Salvador
 * Golda Meir (1898–1978), fourth Prime Minister of Israel
 * Golda Rosheuvel (born 1970), Guyanese-British actress and singer
 * Mary Golda Ross (1908–2008), Native American female engineer
 * Golda Selzer (1910–1999), academic and pathologist at Groote Schuur Hospital, and co-founder of SHAWCO
 * Golda Schultz (born 1983), South African operatic soprano
 * Gołda Stawarowska, woman in the Warsaw Ghetto boy photograph
 * Gołda Tencer (born 1949), Polish actress and singer
 * Ireneusz Golda (born 1955), Polish athlete
 * Natalie Golda (born 1981), Olympic water polo player

Other

 * Golda (film), 2023 film starring Helen Mirren as Golda Meir
 * A Woman Called Golda, 1982 American film, starring Ingrid Bergman as Golda Meir
 * Golda's Balcony, play by William Gibson
 * Golda's Balcony, 2019 American film
 * Bust of Golda Meir, outdoor bronze sculpture in New York City
 * Goldaş, Turkish jewellery fabricator
 * Golda chingri, Bangladesh and India for Macrobrachium rosenbergii