Meaning: (Flowing Down, Down Flowing, Name of the major river in Palestine, used as a given name since the Crusades. The short form Jordi is also a Catalan variant of George. Jourdaine and Jourdan are French forms. From the name of the river which flows between the countries of Jordan and Israel. Adopted as a personal name in Europe after crusaders brought back water from the river to baptize their children. There may have been some influence from the Germanic name JORDANES, notably borne by a 6th-century Gothic historian.
This name died out after the Middle Ages, but was revived in the 19th century. In America and other countries it became fairly popular in the second half of the 20th century)
Origin: (Hebrew, English, Serbian, Bulgarian)
Pronunciation: (JOR-dan, JAWR-dən, Go to this site and run your cursor over Jordan to hear how it is said: http://www.howjsay.com/index.php?word=jordan&submit=Submit )
Gender: Uni-Sex
Jordan is one of my favorite middle names on my favorite male names list. I like it a lot and the good thing for writers for there characters names is it is a Uni-Sex name.
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