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What does Jordan mean?
Jordan 
▼ as a boys' name (also used less widely as girls' name Jordan) is pronounced JOR-dan. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Jordan 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. The name is influenced by the fame of basketball celebrity Michael Jordan and Nike's line of Air Jordan athletic shoes.
Variations
VARIANTS 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, Judd
RELATIONS VIA GEORGE Goran, Joran, Jorck, Jorg, Jorgan, Jorge, Jorgen, Joris, Jorn, Jurgen, Jurian, Orjan
FEMININE FORMS Giordana, Jardina, Yordan
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jordan Efrain (J.E.), ..
How popular is Jordan?
Jordan is a very prominent first name for males (#262 out of 1220, Top 21%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#105 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Jordan reached its apex rank of #26 in the U.S. in the year 1997, and is at #82 currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
George (#127 LAST YEAR), Jared (#367), Jarod, Jarred, Jarrod, Jerad, Jerred, Jerrod, Jorden (#1773), Jordi (#1400), Jordon, Jordy (#877), Jordyn (#1250), Jorge (#261), Jory, Jourdan and Judd (#1700) are the popular varying forms of Jordan (#82). Other variants, like Jorgan, are seldom used. These relations of Jordan were popular with parents during 1880-1889 (ADOPTION OF 4.37%) and are now much less conventional (ADOPTION 0.59%, DOWN 86.4%), with forms such as Jordon becoming less in vogue. Jordy is the most fashionable baby name in this compilation.
Similar Names
Jordan▼ is pronounced similarly to Jardine. Other recommended sound-alike names are Bogdan, Bohdan, Borden, Bordin, Bordon, Cordas, Corday, Corwan, Doran, Dorian▲, Dorran, Forden, Fordon, Gordan, Gorden, Gordon▼, Gorman, Jaran, Jarman, Jarran, Jeran, Jerman, Johan▲, Joram, Joren, Jorian, Joron, Jovan, Loran, Lorcan, Morgan▼, Norman▼, Riordan, Roldan, Roydan, Toran, Torean, Torran and Worden. These names tend to be less commonly used than Jordan.
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