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Jordan
Say it: JOR-dun
Meaning
From the river Jordan, whose name is traditionally linked to Hebrew yarad 'to descend'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used as a given name in medieval England, after the river in which Christ was baptized.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 515,701 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1997, about 1 in 128 boys
- 4,928 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jurdan
| Latin | Jordanus |
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Where this comes from
- Medieval European charters and records
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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