What Does The Name Jordan Mean?

The name Jordan means "Down flowing". It is the name of a river in Palestine where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. It is a Hebrew origin and is pronounced as JOR-dan. It was first used by crusaders who returned from the holy land.

This name has 23 variants to itself; Jardena, Johrdan, Jordain, Jordaine, Jordana, Jordane, Jordanka, Jordann, Jordanna, Jordanne, Jorden, Jordena, Jordenn, Jordie, Jordin, Jordyn, Jordynn, Jorey, Jori, Jorie, Jorrdan, Jorry and Jourdan. This name holds a rank of 792 out of 4275 for females and as a surname it ranks 110 out of 88799.

Some of the most famous people with the name Jordan are the famous American Politician Jordan, Barbara, the mathematician Jordan, Camille, the American Basketball player Jordan, Michael Jeffrey, his was also called the "Air Jordan" and "His Airness."

The name Jordan is Hebrew in origin and it means 'to flow down'. It is pronounced JOR-dan. It is the name of the key river in Palestine and has been used as a first name ever since the Crusades. It has its roots in the Hebrew term Yarden, which means "one which descends". It has been assimilated into Latin as the name Jordanus.

There are different variations of the same. For instance, it is Giordano in Italian; in Arabic it is Urdunn; in French Jourdain; in Spanish Jordán; and in Catalan Jordà.

It is also popularly used to refer to country belonging to southwest Asia, located in northwest Arabia, by the same name. It is both a girl and a boy's name. Jordan is also a popular first name and a surname.

From the name of a river flowing between the countries of Jordan and Israel. The river's name in Hebrew is יַרְדֵן (Yarden), and it is derived from יָרַד (yarad) meaning "descend" or "flow down". In the New Testament John the Baptist baptized Jesus Christ in its waters, and it was adopted as a personal name after crusaders brought back water from the river to baptize their children. The name died out after the Middle Ages, but was revived in the 19th century. As a surname, it is borne by former basketball star Michael Jordan (1963-).

Well it means down flowing I love it because that is my boyfriends name JORDON!!!!!!!!!!

Jordan means to "down flow" ot"s where Jesus the lord savior Crist was baptized. But it's called the Jordan River. And its located in Latin Egypt.

Jordan means 'descending', so the jordan river got its name by 'down flowing'.

My name is jordan i still dont understand no smart comments plz

I know it is a river in the bible were jesus was baptized

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