Jordan
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Origin of the name Jordan:
Derived from the Hebrew yarden (to flow down, descend). The name was originally used in the Middle Ages for a child baptized in holy water said to be from the river Jordan.
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Jordy, Jody, Jo, Jodan
- Meanings and history of the name Jordan: | Edit
The name is Hebrew in origin, and means "descending."
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Jordin Sparks, American Idol winner
Jordan Duggar, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar's eighteenth child.- Jordan in song, story & screen: | Edit
Jordan Baker from The Great Gatsby.
Jordan Cavanagh, title character on the TV series "Crossing Jordan."
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Global Popularity of the Name Jordan
- #105 in Canada (Alberta)
- #113 in Canada (British Columbia)
- #130 in United States
- #371 in Scotland
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