Gordon Forename
2,078th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 486,332 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland
Gordon Forename Definition:
A male name. the name of a large and famous Scottish family, derived from Gordon in Berwickshire. The modern use of Gordon as a christian name is due to the enormous popularity of General Gordon (1833-85). It is now firmly established as a christian name.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 186,311 | 1:1,946 | 382 |
| England | 100% | 79,708 | 1:698 | 162 |
| Canada | 100% | 75,192 | 1:441 | 74 |
| Scotland | 100% | 31,969 | 1:167 | 31 |
| Australia | - | 14,996 | 1:911 | 201 |
| Ghana | 100% | 14,384 | 1:1,876 | 325 |
| South Africa | 100% | 13,073 | 1:4,171 | 789 |
| Kenya | 100% | 8,768 | 1:5,281 | 818 |
| Uganda | 100% | 8,712 | 1:4,701 | 559 |
| New Zealand | - | 7,654 | 1:593 | 137 |
| Wales | 100% | 3,774 | 1:820 | 198 |
| Sudan | 100% | 3,768 | 1:10,034 | 1,267 |
| Germany | 100% | 3,567 | 1:27,103 | 1,071 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2,599 | 1:709 | 165 |
| Ireland | 99% | 2,126 | 1:2,184 | 319 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,923 | 1:16,023 | 2,199 |
| Angola | - | 1,754 | 1:15,374 | 1,486 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1,655 | 1:9,320 | 1,268 |
| Indonesia | - | 1,417 | 1:182,049 | 17,988 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,216 | 1:17,105 | 2,344 |
| Nigeria | 99% | 1,162 | 1:152,809 | 7,307 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 1,015 | 1:8,032 | 829 |
| China | - | 978 | 1:1,396,785 | 38,325 |
| Malta | - | 858 | 1:500 | 120 |
| Malawi | 100% | 846 | 1:20,227 | 1,818 |
| Poland | 98% | 801 | 1:47,475 | 1,298 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 778 | 1:21,725 | 2,030 |
| Guyana | 100% | 759 | 1:1,006 | 148 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 649 | 1:46,918 | 3,921 |
| Bangladesh | - | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| Jamaica | - | 614 | 1:4,696 | 766 |
| Philippines | 99% | 581 | 1:182,460 | 8,377 |
| Hong Kong | - | 569 | 1:13,625 | 1,214 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 492 | 1:1,181 | 232 |
| Thailand | 100% | 490 | 1:142,991 | 10,632 |
| India | 100% | 483 | 1:2,515,275 | 121,632 |
| France | 100% | 480 | 1:138,480 | 2,656 |
| Suriname | 100% | 461 | 1:1,199 | 244 |
| Fiji | - | 432 | 1:2,066 | 573 |
| Bahamas | - | 398 | 1:1,003 | 252 |
| DR Congo | 96% | 390 | 1:189,302 | 8,440 |
| Zambia | - | 388 | 1:40,863 | 2,757 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 364 | 1:3,740 | 701 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 345 | 1:153,010 | 7,172 |
| Barbados | - | 322 | 1:900 | 209 |
| Singapore | 100% | 292 | 1:21,531 | 3,635 |
| Spain | 100% | 256 | 1:181,758 | 3,891 |
| Denmark | - | 252 | 1:22,419 | 1,261 |
| Norway | 100% | 249 | 1:20,612 | 1,228 |
| Egypt | - | 239 | 1:384,523 | 11,247 |
| Sweden | 100% | 217 | 1:45,428 | 2,456 |
| Namibia | - | 213 | 1:11,287 | 1,313 |
| Brazil | 100% | 207 | 1:1,034,957 | 26,889 |
| Russia | 100% | 205 | 1:703,579 | 6,870 |
| Jersey | 100% | 199 | 1:502 | 116 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 186 | 1:44,159 | 2,065 |
| Swaziland | - | 179 | 1:7,264 | 1,100 |
| Portugal | - | 166 | 1:62,716 | 2,006 |
| Qatar | 100% | 153 | 1:15,488 | 2,387 |
| Kuwait | - | 152 | 1:24,903 | 2,523 |
| Tonga | - | 151 | 1:711 | 162 |
| Japan | - | 150 | 1:853,240 | 14,080 |
| Botswana | 100% | 142 | 1:15,383 | 1,984 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| Bahrain | - | 118 | 1:11,429 | 1,802 |
| Grenada | 100% | 118 | 1:916 | 173 |
| Belgium | 100% | 113 | 1:101,682 | 3,484 |
| Cameroon | 95% | 111 | 1:194,689 | 8,342 |
| Austria | 100% | 103 | 1:82,662 | 1,931 |
| Italy | 100% | 96 | 1:636,063 | 6,302 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 83 | 1:763 | 171 |
| Israel | 98% | 83 | 1:101,240 | 4,374 |
| Bermuda | - | 81 | 1:800 | 163 |
| Haiti | 100% | 75 | 1:143,026 | 7,156 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 72 | 1:12,098 | 982 |
| Mexico | 100% | 70 | 1:1,773,492 | 11,111 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 69 | 1:888 | 179 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 64 | 1:1,715 | 347 |
| Iraq | - | 58 | 1:603,756 | 6,195 |
| Greece | 100% | 57 | 1:191,834 | 3,983 |
| Croatia | 100% | 56 | 1:75,305 | 2,132 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 56 | 1:186,273 | 7,851 |
| Hungary | 100% | 56 | 1:174,853 | 975 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 55 | 1:1,807 | 380 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 50 | 1:475,394 | 27,449 |
| Liberia | 95% | 49 | 1:90,042 | 4,013 |
| Guam | - | 42 | 1:3,825 | 732 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 42 | 1:2,657 | 514 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 39 | 1:890 | 192 |
| South Korea | - | 38 | 1:145,906 | 6,365 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 35 | 1:1,562 | 330 |
| Seychelles | - | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| Congo | 95% | 27 | 1:185,526 | 6,218 |
| Brunei | - | 26 | 1:16,137 | 987 |
| Estonia | 100% | 26 | 1:50,592 | 2,900 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 24 | 1:2,135 | 322 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 24 | 1:7,409 | 1,127 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 23 | 1:310,956 | 16,417 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 23 | 1:1,313,126 | 26,144 |
| Belize | 100% | 22 | 1:16,105 | 2,014 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Oman | - | 18 | 1:228,259 | 3,410 |
| Panama | 100% | 18 | 1:217,031 | 8,112 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 16 | 1:5,788,945 | 3,683 |
| Czechia | 99% | 15 | 1:710,411 | 2,940 |
| Finland | 95% | 15 | 1:365,546 | 4,839 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 15 | 1:12,957,179 | 80,243 |
| Afghanistan | - | 14 | 1:2,330,251 | 19,281 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 13 | 1:1,365,142 | 12,672 |
| Macau | - | 13 | 1:46,785 | 540 |
| Belarus | 100% | 11 | 1:862,035 | 4,760 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Mali | - | 9 | 1:1,886,417 | 3,997 |
| Serbia | 100% | 9 | 1:793,969 | 5,658 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Cambodia | - | 8 | 1:2,034,166 | 23,777 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 8 | 1:307,345 | 4,581 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:4,464 | 919 |
| Colombia | - | 7 | 1:6,825,561 | 33,843 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 7 | 1:2,301,204 | 6,153 |
| Peru | 100% | 7 | 1:4,541,636 | 34,195 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 7 | 1:7,837 | 1,103 |
| Slovakia | 80% | 7 | 1:758,580 | 3,008 |
| Honduras | 100% | 6 | 1:1,469,578 | 13,832 |
| Algeria | - | 5 | 1:7,635,344 | 12,071 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Benin | - | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 5 | 1:953,590 | 10,779 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 5 | 1:112,810 | 2,667 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 5 | 1:1,166 | 212 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Cook Islands | - | 4 | 1:4,538 | 691 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 4 | 1:12,282 | 1,318 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Chile | 100% | 3 | 1:5,869,069 | 26,159 |
| Lithuania | - | 3 | 1:983,961 | 3,563 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Gordón (2) & Gòrdon (1) are calculated separately.
Gordon (397,042) may also be a surname.
Gordon Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. the name of a large and famous Scottish family, derived from Gordon in Berwickshire. The modern use of Gordon as a christian name is due to the enormous popularity of General Gordon (1833-85). It is now firmly established as a christian name.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
M. From the Scottish surname, it owes some of its late C19-early 20 use to the fame of General Gordon.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Teutonic name, meaning: [Dweller at the] triangular hill estate.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Gaelic name: Gòrdan, Gòrdon, Gòrdonach; from the parish name of Gordon in Berwickshire. The De Gordons are well in evidence in the thirteenth century. Chalmers explains the place-name as Gor-dyn, “super-dûnum” (see far and dim).
— Etymology of The Principal Gaelic National Names, Personal Names, Surnames (1909) by Alexander MacBain
Gordon Forename Popularity
Gordon Demographics
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in United States
Sample size: 41,460 (2014)
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Gordon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gordon in the Russian language | ||
| Гордон | gordon | - |
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