Gordon
See also: gordon
English
Etymology
Derived from a Proto-Brythonic term meaning “spacious fort”.
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈɡɔːdn̩/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dən
Proper noun
Gordon
- A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6443).
- A Scottish habitational surname from the Celtic languages for someone from Gordon, Berwickshire.
- An English habitational surname from Anglo-Norman for someone from Gourdon, France.
- A habitational surname from Irish, an anglicization of de Górdún (“of Gordon (Berwickshire)”).
- A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an adopted anglicization of Mag Mhuirneacháin (“son of Muirneachán”) (traditionally Magournahan).
- A Jewish habitational surname probably for someone from Grodno, Belarus.
- 1822 Walter Scott, Poetical Works: Halidon Hill (Baudry's European Library, 1838), page 420:
- Mount, vassals, couch your lances, and cry, "Gordon!
- Gordon for Scotland and Elizabeth!"
- 1822 Walter Scott, Poetical Works: Halidon Hill (Baudry's European Library, 1838), page 420:
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 1913 Harry Leon Wilson, Bunker Bean (BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2008, →ISBN, page 13:
- Often he wrote good ones on casual slips and fancied them his; names like Trevellyan or Montressor or Delancey, with musical prefixes; or a good, short, beautiful, but dignified name like "Gordon Dane". He liked that one. It suggested something.
- 1913 Harry Leon Wilson, Bunker Bean (BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2008, →ISBN, page 13:
- A locale in Australia.
- A suburb of Canberra; named for poet Adam Lindsay Gordon.
- A suburb of Sydney; probably named for British Army officer James Willoughby Gordon.
- A town in Victoria; named for early settler George Gordon.
- A locale in the United States.
- A city in Georgia; named for railroad official William Washington Gordon.
- A city in Nebraska; named for early settler John Gordon.
- A city in Texas.
- A town in Alabama.
- A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin; named for fur trader Antoine Guerdon.
- A town in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
- A borough of Pennsylvania; named for judge David F. Gordon.
- A village in Ohio; named for an early settler.
- An unincorporated community in California.
- An unincorporated community in Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Kansas.
- An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
- A river in Tasmania, Australia.
- A river in Western Australia, Australia; named for British statesman George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.
Usage notes
The given name was popular in the UK in the first half of the 20th century.
Alternative forms
- (given name): Gorden
Derived terms
- Gordon County
- Gordon Hill
- Portgordon
- (given name diminutives): Gord, Gordie, Gordy, Gordo
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Gordon is the 161st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 161,833 individuals. Gordon is most common among White (64.25%) and Black (29.15%) individuals.
Noun
Gordon (plural Gordons)
References
- Reaney & Wilson: A Dictionary of English Surnames, OUP 1997
- ‘Gordon’ in Behind the Name, Mike Campbell, 1996.
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
From the personal name Gordian (from Latin Gordianus). Alternatively, from an East Slavic word meaning "proud", e.g. Ukrainian гордий (hordyj), Belarusian горды (hórdy), Russian гордый (gordyj).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gordon m pers or f
Declension
Masculine surname:
Declension of Gordon
The feminine surname is indeclinable.
Scots
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "sco-osc" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., from Old English gor-dūn (“mud hill”), from gor + dun.
Proper noun
Gordon
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