Geordan
Masculine · “A spelling of Jordan”
Geordan is given to both — 582 boys and 55 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Geordan is Jordan written with the Ge- of George, a spelling that makes it look Scottish or English. The same Ge- is in Geordie, the name for people from Newcastle, which may come from a miner's lamp.
How old is the name Geordan?
Geordan first appears in US birth records in 1978 — 47 years ago. The typical Geordan alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 600 people named Geordan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Geordan most popular?
Geordan peaked in 1993, reaching #2399 nationally. See the whole 1993 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Jordan to Geordan
The story of Geordan
English writes the j sound as g before e and i, in George and gentle, and Geordan borrows that to spell Jordan. In the coal mines of Northumberland, George Stephenson's safety lamp was known as the Geordie lamp, and one theory holds that the miners who used it, and then everyone on the Tyne, came to be called Geordies. Geordan is given almost entirely to boys, with a few girls.
Meaning
A spelling of Jordan, the river
Jordan is the river's name, used as a first name. Geordan writes the first sound with Ge, as in George.
How the name formed
- Jordan
- Geordan
Related forms: Jordan
Pronouncing Geordan
JOR-dun
Two syllables with the stress on the first, the same as Jordan.
Nicknames for Geordan
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1978
- Most boys named
- 199331 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2399reached in 1993
- Change vs 2022
- −16.7%5 in 2024, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Geordan in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jordan in English — spelling variant
Geordans among us
people named Geordan are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Geordan sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds like Jordan, a name everyone knows.
- Distinct on paper.
- Comes with ready pet forms.
- Almost everyone will write Jordan.
- Some will say GEE-or-dun.
- The spelling is recorded for a few girls, but nearly every Geordan is a boy.
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Frequently asked
- How many Geordans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Geordan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Geordan in 2025?
- Geordan is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
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- Geordan will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More G names
The most-given names starting with G, all years combined.
George#126 · Gary#1073 · Gregory#593 · Gerald#1204 · Gabriel#37 · Glenn#1443 · Gavin#303 · Gordon#1051
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