Jordan - Name Meaning and Origin

The boy's and girl's name Jordan \j(o)-rdan, jor-dan\ is pronounced JOR-dan. It is of Hebrew origin, and its meaning is "down-flowing". Name of the major river in Palestine, used as a given name since the Crusades. The short form Jordi is also a Catalan variant of George. Jourdaine and Jourdan are French forms. The name is influenced by the fame of basketball star Michael Jordan and Nike's line of Air Jordan athletic shoes.

Jordan has 28 variant forms: Giordano, Jared, Jarred, Jarod, Jarrod, Jarrot, Jarrott, Jerad, Jerred, Jerrod, Jerrot, Jerrott, Jordaan, Jordain, Jordao, Jordell, Jorden, Jordi, Jordon, Jordy, Jordyn, Jori, Jory, Jourdain, Jourdaine, Jourdan, Jud and Judd.

Baby names that sound like Jordan are Worden, Arden, Arrden, Ardon, Ardin, Jardine and Warden.

Jordan is a very popular male first name and a very popular surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the boy's name Jordan. Click here to compare Jordan with related baby names.