Gordon Name Meaning And Origin
Meaning history from a scottish surname that was originally derived from a place name in berwickshire meaning spacious fort.
Gordon name meaning and origin. There is a family tradition among some bearers that they are descended from a son of a duke of gordon who converted to judaism in the 18th century but the jewish surname was in existence long before the 18th century. Gordon is a masculine given name in the english language. As this long term age of jordans both male and female begins to wind down the neglected scottish favorite gordon with its more distinguished history could come back as a distinctive alternative.
English of norman origin and french. The name gordon is a boys name of scottish origin meaning great hill. Berwickshire on the scottish borders this name deriving from the old.
Habitational name from gourdon in saone et loire so called from the gallo roman personal name gordus the locative suffix o onis. The name is derived from the scottish surname gordon. The surname is thought to have been taken up.
The place name is of uncertain etymology. It is uncertain if this surname originated from a place name in scotland or in france. Gordon is one of the most classic authentically scottish names for boys.
It is also possible that this place name was named after settlers from france who were named after a like named place in normandy. Another origin of the irish name gordon is as an anglicised form of the irish language surname morbhoirneach. It became adopted by an anglo norman family there in the.
The gordon in berwickshire where the family who bore the surname held lands in the 12th century is of uncertain etymology. The scottish surname gordon originated from the place name gordon in. It was originally used in honour of charles george gordon 1833 1885 a british general who died defending the city of khartoum in sudan.
One of scotlands great clans. Origin of the name gordon. Spanish and galician gordon and basque.
Spacious and dun meaning. A surname and given name adopted from a scottish place name. Gordon is also a jewish surname likely derived from the city of grodno in belarus.
Habitational name from a place called gordon basque or gordon spanish galician of which there are examples in salamanca galicia and basque country. This personal name is derived from the irish language word muirneach meaning beloved. Others claim descent from earlier scottish converts but this is implausible.
Habitational name from a place in berwickshire borders named with welsh gor spacious din fort.