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 [ 2 syll. jor-dan, jo-rd-an ] The girl name Jordan is also used, and more commonly so, as a boy name. It is pronounced JHAORDahN KEY. Jordan has its origins in the Hebrew language. It is used largely in English and German. Biblical name derived from hayarden which means 'flowing down' ; yeredh which means 'to descend, to sink'. It represents the transferred use of the geographic name as a given name. The generic name has been used in the Old Testament of the Bible. See Jordan for more info. The name Jordan is used to a great extent; it has 30 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Dana (also used in Czech, German, Polish, Romanian, and Slavic), Jodanna, Jordain, Jordana (also used in Spanish), Jordanae, Jordann, Jordanne, Jordene, Jordenne, Jordina, Jordine, Jordonna, Jordyne, Jorin, Jourdana, Jourdanna, and Jourdanne. Other English forms include the pet forms Jordi, Jorena, and Jori, and the spelling variants Jorden, Jordin, Jordon, and Jordyn. Forms of Jordan used in foreign languages include the Italian Giordana, the Hebrew Jardena, the French Jordane, the Slavic Jordanka, the Hebrew Yardena, and the Slavic Yordana. Jordan is popular as a baby girl name. The name increased in popularity from the 1970s up to the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only sporadic use. At the modest peak of its usage in 1997, 0.376% of baby girls were named Jordan. It had a ranking of #40 then. The baby name has experienced a decline in frequency since then. In 2008, it ranked at #130 with a usage of 0.127%, but it was nevertheless the most popular out of all girl names in its family. Jordan was 11% more frequently used than the 2nd most popular name, the English Jordyn, in 2008. Jordan has mainly been a boy name in the last century. There were 3 times more boys than girls who were named Jordan in 2007. Baby names that sound like Jordan include the English Jorden, the English Jordon, the English Jordain, the French Jordane, the English Jordann, the English Jordanne, the English Jordene, the English Jordenne, the English Jordin, the English Jordine, the English Jordyn, the English Jordyne, the English Jourdanne, the Hebrew Jardena, the English Jordanae, the English Jordina, the English Jordonna, the English Jourdana, the English Jourdanna, and the Italian Giordana. KEY: Pronunciation for Jordan: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
