# Gosling (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gosling/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 681 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,499 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 453,371 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.8% (626 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Joslin. * Also as an English surname, from Middle English gosling (“young goose”), partly borrowed from Old Norse gæslingr; equivalent to modern goose + -ling. * As a German surname, from a personal name based on gut (“good”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gosling in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gosling in the United States.

## People named Gosling

- Paula Gosling, American writer

## Similar surnames

Gosselin, Goslin, Gagliano, Giacalone.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.