Jordan

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish
Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Hebrew name from the river יַרְדֵן (Yarden) between the countries of Jordan and Israel. Hebrew יָרַד (yarad) = 'descend, to flow down' ^[1]

2) Modern form of the Germanic name Jordanes see JARD (name element) ^[1]

Related Names

Iodde	♂
Iudde	♂
Jordan	♂
Jordana	♀

See also Iute and Jörn

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[2]		16	37	288	433
Denmark[3]		8	n.a.	46	n.a
Norway[4]		0	5	15	42
Finland[5]		n.a.	14	n.a	103
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[2][3][4][5]:

Sources: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi