Jordan

Where Jordan comes from

From Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). Doublet of Yarden. The area in Hong Kong is named after Jordan station, which is named after Jordan Road, which in turn is named after Sir John Jordan.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jordan
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #356 among boys — 23 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1962
    Jordan Peterson born
    Canadian clinical psychologist, author, and political commentator and manosphere activist
  3. 1990
    Jordan Henderson born
    English association football player
  4. 1997
    Peak, #26
    14,761 babies named Jordan — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #53.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name from Hebrew.
  • A male given name from Hebrew; in the Middle Ages given to children baptized with Jordan water brought by crusaders.
  • A female given name from Hebrew, of mid-20th century and later usage.
Namesakes
  • Jordan Peterson · Canadian clinical psychologist, author, and political commentator and manosphere activist, born 1962
  • Jordan Henderson · English association football player, born 1990
  • Jordan Pickford · English footballer, born 1994
  • Jordan Ayew · Ghanaian footballer, born 1991
  • Jordan Peele · American actor, comedian and filmmaker, born 1979

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.