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Boy · Hebrew, through Greek
Yordan
Say it: yor-DAHN
Meaning
From the River Jordan, through the baptism of Christ.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Given to boys born around Epiphany (Yordanovden) in Bulgaria.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 169 babies given this name since 1993
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 100,400 boys
- 17 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Йордан
| Serbian | Jordan |
|---|---|
| Macedonian | Jordan |
Famous bearers
- Yordan Yovkov, Bulgarian writer
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.