as a First Name
Transferred use of the Scottish surname, which is derived from a place name. It is a matter of dispute whether it referred originally to the Gordon in Berwickshire or to a similarly named place in Normandy. As a given name it seems to have been taken up in honour of Charles George Gordon (1833–85), the British general who died at Khartoum.
| 413th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 134,151
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 145,678
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Gordon per capita
- 1934
- marked the height of its popularity
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