Gordon
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Origin of the name Gordon:
Transferred use of the Scottish surname believed to have originated from the place-name Gordon in Berwickshire. The place-name is of uncertain etymology. The use of Gordon as a surname dates to the 19th century, when it was bestowed in honor of the popular British general Charles Gordon (1833 - 85), called Chinese Gordon from his service in China, Egypt, and Sudan.
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Gordon is my brother. He is generally very smart and creative and hardworking. The name seems to have become a little more popular over time.
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My father's name was Gordon which he chose for himself at about the age of ten when his family moved to a new town. He died when I was a young teenager. Later I chose this name for my own son, the first male grandchild in the family.
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Gordon Brown, current British prime minister
Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian folk singer ("Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald")
Gordon Korman, children's author- Gordon in song, story & screen: | Edit
Flash Gordon, lead character of the Alex Raymond comic strip of the same name, and the movie, television, and comic books based on the comic strip
Gordon, The Talking Leg, character in Rocko's Modern Life
Gordon, the first archer to appear in the series Fire Emblem
Gordon the Gopher, puppet character from various British children's TV programmes
Gordon, the pet devil of Ackman in Akira Toriyama's manga series Go Go Ackman and its video game adaptation
Gordon the Big Engine, a fictional anthropomorphic tender locomotive in The Railway Series books by Rev. W. Awdry
David "Gordo" Gordon in Lizzie McGuire
Gordon Deitrich, character in the film V for Vendetta
Gordon Freeman, main character in the Half Life series
Gordon Quid, character from Catscratch
Gordon Robinson, from the popular children's educational television program Sesame Street
Gordon Shumway, an alien from Melmac and the title character of the '80s sitcom ALF
Gordon Tracy, fictional character from Thunderbirds
Gordon Walker, a hunter in the television series Supernatural
Tony Gordon, fictional character on the British soap opera Coronation Street
Gordon, character in Edith Templeton's novel Gordon
Gordon Gekko, fictional character in Wall Street played by Michael Dogulas
Gordon LaChance, fictional character in 'Stand by Me' played by Wil Wheaton
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Global Popularity of the Name Gordon
- #239 in Scotland
- #946 in United States
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