Gaulden is a surname of English origin. According to the Dictionary of American Family Names, Gaulden is a variant of Gauldin, which the book suggests is possibly a variant of Golden; however, genetic research shows no connection to the Golden surname going back 6,000 years.
According to YDNA testing, men who carry the surnames Gaulding, Gaulden, or Gauldin are SNP (single-nucleotide polymorphism) R-FTC46937. All Gaulding surname lineages connect back to a man who lived in St. Peters Parish, New Kent County, Virginia, in the 1600s, John Gaulding of New Kent.
Notable people Mary Gaulden Jagger (1921–2007), American radiation geneticist, professor of radiology, and political activist Rashaan Gaulden (born 1995), American football safety YoungBoy Never Broke Again (stage name of Kentrell Gaulden; born 1999), American rapper
See also Gaulden Manor, a country house in Tolland, Summerset, England
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