Goldberg

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US/ˈɡoʊldbɚɡ/

proper noun

A surname from German, fairly common in the United States.

CommonScrabble 13

Meanings

proper nounGoldberg (countable and uncountable, plural Goldbergs)

plural Goldbergs

  1. countableuncountableA surname from German, fairly common in the United States.

    After Rosenberg and Goldberg tweeted about changing their names, dozens of other people on Twitter followed suit.

    2016 June 3, Jason Koebler, “Jews Are Taking Back (((Echoes))) from the Neo-Nazis”, in Motherboard, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2016
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    According to the Atlantic, national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier this month convened a text conversation with top US officials, including Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, to discuss strikes on Houthi militants in Yemen who had been threatening international shipping in the Red Sea. Waltz, apparently accidentally, added Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg to the chain.

    2025 March 24, Katie Bo Lillis, Kaitlan Collins, Jeff Zeleny, Evan Perez, Oren Liebermann, Jamie Gangel, Kit Maher and Sean Lyngaas, “Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat on highly sensitive Yemen strike plans”, in CNN
  2. countableuncountableA town in Ludwigslust-Parchim district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Origin

  1. GermanGold“gold”
  2. GermanGoldberg
  3. EnglishGoldberg

Borrowed from German Goldberg, from German Gold (“gold”) and Berg (“mountain”). One of the ornamental names chosen by Jews who were forced to take surnames in 18th and 19th century Germany.

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Translations

Hebrew גולדברג
  • גולדברגSurname
Yiddish גאָלדבערג
  • גאָלדבערג (goldberg)Surname
Cite this entry
APA

Goldberg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Goldberg

MLA

“Goldberg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Goldberg. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Goldberg,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Goldberg.

Source: Goldberg on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.