Gordon

gordon English Etymology The Scottish surname derives from Gordon, Berwickshire Gordon in Berwickshire. This likely derives from en ang gor mud + ang dūn hill, although a Brittonic etymology, from xcb *gor great + xcb *dīn fort, has also been proposed.Gordon The Berwickshire Place-Name Resource https://berwickshire-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/map/5f7137f23ffca 19 September 2026 Pronunciation en /ˈɡɔrdn̩/ GA en /ˈɡɔːdn̩/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Gordon.wav Southern England en ɔː(ɹ)dən 2 Proper noun ~ en Scottish habitational derived from Gordon, Berwickshire. en English habitational derived from Gourdon, France. en Irish adopted as an anglicization of ga Mag Mhuirneacháin son of Muirneachán. en Jewish habitational probably derived 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!" en male surnames. en 1913 Harry Leon Wilson Bunker Bean 13 BiblioBazaar, LLC 2008 0554347148 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. A place name: en village co/Berwickshire carea/Scottish Borders cc/Scotland OS grid ref NT6443. en locale s/Australia. en suburb city/Canberra ; named for poet Adam Lindsay Gordon. en suburb city/Sydney in carea/Ku-ring-gai s/New South Wales. en locality carea/Huon Valley and the carea/Kingborough southern s/Tasmania c/Australia. en river s/Tasmania c/Australia. en town s/Victoria ; named for early settler George Gordon. en river s/Western Australia c/Australia ; named for British statesman George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. en locale c/US: en town co/Houston County s/Alabama. en city co/Wilkinson County s/Georgia ; named for railroad official William Washington Gordon. en unincorporated community co/Crawford County s/Illinois. en unincorporated community co/Butler County s/Kansas. en unincorporated community co/Letcher County s/Kentucky. en twp co/Todd County s/Minnesota. en city co/Sheridan County s/Nebraska ; named for early settler John Gordon. en village co/Darke County s/Ohio ; named for an early settler. en borough in co/Schuylkill County s/Pennsylvania ; named for judge David F. Gordon. en minor city co/Palo Pinto County s/Texas. en town co/Ashland County s/Wisconsin ; named for fur trader Antoine Guerdon. en town/and/CDP therein, in co/Douglas County s/Wisconsin. Usage notes The given name was popular in the UK in the first half of the 20th century. Alternative forms given name Gurden given name en Gorden Derived terms en Gord,Gordie,Gordy,Gordo Gordon County Gordon Hill Gordonian Gordon syndrome Portgordon,Port Gordon sine-Gordon equation 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 A Gordon setter. References Reaney & Wilson: A Dictionary of English Surnames, OUP 1997 Anagrams en dgnoor Grodno drongo en surnames from Old French Czech Pronunciation Proper noun m-an Gordonová cs m Declension m.an.surname Further reading Polish Etymology From the personal name Gordian (from Latin Gordianus). Alternatively, from an pl zle - word meaning "proud", e.g. uk гордий, be горды, ru гордый. Pronunciation Proper noun m-pr pl m pl suburb city/Sydney s/New South Wales c/Australia Gordon Declension Gordonowie Gordonów Proper noun f 1 pl f Further reading Scots Etymology sco Etymology was: From sco enm-esc Gordoun, from sco ang *gordūn gor-dūn mud hill, from ang gor + ang dun, or from sco fr Gourdon, derived from Gallo-Roman sco la Gordus, from sco cel-gau *Gordos; sco Proper noun sco village cc/Scotland Gordon sco suburb city/Sydney s/New South Wales c/Australia Gordon