Jordan (surname)

Jordan is a surname of Christian and Hebrew origin.[1]

The form found in Western names originates from Hebrew: ירדן, romanized: Yarden, relating to the Jordan River in West Asia.[2] According to the New Testament of the Bible, John the Baptist baptised Jesus Christ in the Jordan and during the Crusades, crusaders and pilgrims would bring back some of the river water in containers to use in the baptism of their own children in Europe and Britain. It thus became popular as a first name.[2] Jordanes, a 6th-century Gothic historian, may have popularised the name as well.

It may refer to:

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References

  1. ↑ "Jordan Name Meaning". familysearch.org. Retrieved 2026-05-21.
  2. 1 2 "Jordan Name Meaning & Jordan Family History". Ancestry. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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