Girl · Hebrew
Jordyn
Say it: JOR-din
Meaning
A modern spelling of Jordan, from the river Jordan, Hebrew Yarden, usually explained as 'descender, flowing down'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
This spelling was used mainly for girls in the US from the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 61,840 babies given this name since 1979
- At its height in 2010, about 1 in 633 girls
- 1,583 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jordan, Jordin
Famous bearers
- Jordin Sparks, American singer
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Where this comes from
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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