Why is it called the Golden Gate Bridge

The Bridge is actually named for the Golden Gate Strait, the narrow entrance between the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay. The strait was named by explorer and U.S. Army officer John C. Frémont, who marveled at its beauty in 1846—two years before the discovery of gold in California.

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Chrysopylae (greek for goldengate) was the name to the strait at the inlet of San Francisco Bay given by John C. Fremont in 1846. It is not related to the California gold rush of 1849. Instead, it was made in reference to the imagined riches that would flow through this straight from Asia. This was done in reference to the golden horn (Chrysoceras) that crossed the Bosporus and served as a lucrative trade route historically between Asia and Europe.