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Gordon name meaning

First Name
154k
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
162k
in the U.S.
in 2010
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Meaning and Origin

What does the name Gordon mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Gordon

User Submitted Origins

Scottish
70%
English
26%
Roman
4%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. According to a user from Canada, the name Gordon means "Upright".
  2. According to a user from California, U.S., the name Gordon is of Irish origin and means "Smart, upright, private!".
  3. According to a user from California, U.S., the name Gordon is of American origin and means "a free man".
  4. A user from Australia says the name Gordon means "A very attractive male".
  5. A submission from Uganda says the name Gordon means "From a three cornered hill" and is of Scottish origin.
  6. A submission from Oregon, U.S. says the name Gordon means "Powerful" and is of Scottish origin.
  7. A user from Canada says the name Gordon means "Strong".
  8. According to a user from Texas, U.S., the name Gordon means "Spacious fort".
  9. A user from Jamaica says the name Gordon means "Loveful people".
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  1. A village in Berwickshire, Scotland. Derived from a Proto-Brythonic term meaning “spacious fort”.
  2. A Scottish habitational surname​ for someone from Gordon, Berwickshire.
  3. An English habitational surname​ for someone from Gourdon, France.
  4. An Irish habitational surname​, an anglicization of de Górdún (“of Gordon (Berwickshire)”).
  5. An Irish patronymic surname​, an adopted anglicization of Mag Mhuirneacháin (“son of Muirneachán”) (traditionally Magournahan).
  6. A Jewish habitational surname​ probably for someone from Grodno, Belarus.
  7. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  8. A locale in Australia.
    1. A suburb of Canberra; named for poet Adam Lindsay Gordon.
    2. A suburb of Sydney; probably named for British Army officer James Willoughby Gordon.
    3. A town in Victoria; named for early settler George Gordon.
  9. A locale in the United States.
    1. A city in Georgia; named for railroad official William Washington Gordon.
    2. A city in Nebraska; named for early settler John Gordon.
    3. A city in Texas.
    4. A town in Alabama.
    5. A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin; named for fur trader Antoine Guerdon.
    6. A town in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
    7. A borough of Pennsylvania; named for judge David F. Gordon.
    8. A village in Ohio; named for an early settler.
    9. An unincorporated community in California.
    10. An unincorporated community in Illinois.
    11. An unincorporated community in Kansas.
    12. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
  10. A river in Tasmania, Australia.
  11. A river in Western Australia, Australia; named for British statesman George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.
  12. A Gordon setter.

Gordon was also found in the following language(s): Polish and Scots

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Notable Persons Named Gordon

Notable Persons Named Gordon

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Gordon Brown

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Gordon Hayward

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Gordon

Notable Persons With the Last Name Gordon

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Kim Gordon

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Eric Gordon

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Common last names for Gordon

Common first names for Gordon

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Gordon U.S.
█  White 64.25% 64.26%
█  African American 29.15% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.62% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.68% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 2.26% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 3.04% 16.26%

Of Last Name Gordon

People with the last name Gordon are most frequently White or African American

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Fun Facts about the name Gordon

  • What name lists does Gordon rank for?
    #161Popular Surnames
    #21 Last Name First Names
    #20Boy Names Unique to the Midwest
    #30Boy Names Unique to the Great Lakes
  • How Popular is the name Gordon? Gordon is the 479th most popular name of all time. As a last name Gordon was the 161st most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Gordon have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 154,228 babies born with the first name Gordon in the United States. That's more than enough people named Gordon to occupy the country of Cura with an estimated population of 149,679 (as of March 26, 2011).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Gordon? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1880 when it was given as a first name to 51 new born babies.
  • When was Gordon first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Gordon is Tuesday, September 17th, 1861.
  • What year had the most people named Gordon born? The highest recorded use of the first name Gordon was in 1952 with a total of 2,829 babies. That's a lot of babies named Gordon!
  • Random Gordon Factoid: According to the 1944 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Gordon ranks 63rd in popularity as a baby boy's name in Washington. Imagine that, 68 babies in Washington have the same name in 1944.
  • Weird things about the name Gordon: The name spelled backwards is Nodrog. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Oonrgd. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Gordon? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 161,833 people with the last name Gordon.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Gordon? Gordon was ranked as the 161st most popular last name but is still less than 0.1% of the population!
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