Jordan

From Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). Doublet of Yarden.

The area in Hong Kong is named after Jordan station, which is named after Jordan Road, which in turn is named after Sir John Jordan.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔːdən/
• (Standard Southern British, Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒoːdən/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɔɹdən/

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• (Southern US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝdən/, /ˈd͡ʒɝdn̩/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dən, (also southern US) -ɜː(ɹ)dən
• enPR: jôr′dn^[1]

Jordan (countable and uncountable, plural Jordans)

1. A placename:
   2. A river in West Asia in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan.
   4. A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Capital and largest city: Amman.
      • 2011 [1978 January 1], Jimmy Carter, White House Diary‎^[1], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 159:

        Early the next morning I met with King Hussein of Jordan and then drove to the airport with the shah. All three of us agreed that we ought to give Sadat our support, and on the basis for a Middle East peace.

      • 2019 November 10, “Jordan reclaims 'every inch' of land leased to Israeli farmers”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[2], archived from the original on 11 November 2019, News‎^[3]:

        Ghamr and Baqura became part of Jordan after the country gained independence from Britain in 1946. The areas were later seized by Israel but eventually incorporated into a peace treaty between the two countries in 1994. The treaty included a long-term lease that would allow Israeli farmers to cultivate the land.

   5. The name of other rivers around the world, listed under Jordan River (disambiguation).
   6. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Daviess County, Indiana.
      2. An unincorporated community in Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana.
      3. An unincorporated community in Boone County, Iowa.
      4. An unincorporated community in Fulton County, Kentucky.
      5. A city in Scott County, Minnesota.
      6. A neighbourhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
      7. An unincorporated community in Hickory County, Missouri.
      8. A small town, the county seat of Garfield County, Montana.
      9. A village in Onondaga County, New York.
      10. An unincorporated community in Johnston County, North Carolina.
      11. An unincorporated community in Linn County, Oregon.
      12. A town in Green County, Wisconsin.
      13. An unincorporated community in Hull, Portage County, Wisconsin.
      14. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Jordan Township.
   7. A community in Lincoln, Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario, Canada.
   8. A small suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4092). ^[2]
   9. An area of Yau Tsim Mong district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
      • 2022 October 9, Yanni Chow, “‘This is our home’: ethnic minority residents of Jordan’s Man Wah Sun Chuen estate may lose community to redevelopment”, in South China Morning Post‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 October 2023, News‎^[5]:

        Man Wah Sun Chuen in Jordan is one of Hong Kong’s oldest private housing estates.

      • 2024 April 10, Hillary Leung, “At least 5 dead, over 30 injured after fire in Hong Kong building”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎^[6], archived from the original on 12 April 2024, Hong Kong:

        At least five people have died and over 30 have been injured after a fire broke out in a building in Jordan on Wednesday morning.

   10. Places in the Philippines:
       1. A barangay of Sinait, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
       2. A municipality, the capital of Guimaras, Philippines.

          Coordinate terms: Buenavista, Jordan, Nueva Valencia, San Lorenzo, Sibunag — municipalities of Guimaras

       3. A barangay of Villaba, Leyte, Philippines.
2. A unisex given name from Hebrew.
   1. A male given name from Hebrew; in the Middle Ages given to children baptized with Jordan water brought by crusaders.
      • 1989, Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry, Grove Press, published 1998, →ISBN, pages 3–4:

        I call him Jordan and it will do. He has no other name before or after. What was there to call him, fished as he was from the stinking Thames? A child can't be called Thames, no and not Nile either, for all his likeness to Moses. But I wanted to give him a river name, a name not bound to anything, just as the waters aren't bound to anything.

      • 2024 May 16, Casey Gannon, “Pennsylvania man charged with threatening Biden in online video”, in CNN‎^[7], archived from the original on 23 May 2025:

        Jordan Gee, 37, of Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, was charged with three felony counts of threats against the president and one count of interstate threats, according to the Justice Department.

   2. A female given name from Hebrew, of mid-20th century and later usage.
3. A surname transferred from the given name derived from the male given name.

• Countries of the world

• “Jordan”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Seltzer, Leon E., editor (1952), “Jordan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 885, column 1

• Jardon

From Latin Iordanes, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”). The given name is from Michael Jordan.

Jordan

1. Michael Jordan
2. a male given name from English [in turn transferred from the surname, in turn from Hebrew]
3. Jordan (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
4. Jordan (a river in West Asia in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

Borrowed from English Jordan, from Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔr.dan/

Jordan

1. Jordan (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

Jordan

1. Jordan (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
2. Jordan (a river in West Asia in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

• jordaner
• jordansk

• IPA^(key): /ˈjordɑn/, [ˈjo̞rdɑ̝n]
• Rhymes: -ordɑn
• Syllabification^(key): Jor‧dan
• Hyphenation^(key): Jor‧dan

From Latin Iordanēs.

Jordan

1. Jordan (a river in West Asia in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

From a given name, Latin Iordanēs, through a Germanic form like Jornandes.^[1]

Jordan (rare)

1. a Finnish surname

• The surname Jordan belongs to 180 individuals, according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
  • Many of these surnames in the statistics may instead be homonymous foreign surnames.

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔʁ.dan/, (rare) /dʒɔʁ.dan/

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Jordan m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jordan

From Latin Iordanēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs), from Biblical Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén, “Jordan (river)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɔʁˌdaːn/

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der Jordan m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Jordan or des Jordans)

1. Jordan (a river in West Asia in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)
2. one of several brooks or small rivers in Germany

• Jordanien

From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén), and Arabic الأردن (“al-'urdunn”).

Jordan

1. Jordan (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
2. Jordan (a river in West Asia in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

• jordaner
• jordansk

From jor- (“wild boar”) +‎ dan (“Dane”).

• IPA^(key): /²juːrdan/, /²juːɖan/

Jordan m (definite Jordanen)

1. a male given name

• Eivind Vågslid (1988), “Dan”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 77

From Hebrew יַרְדֵּן (yardén), and Arabic الأردن (“al-'urdunn”).

Jordan

1. Jordan (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
2. Jordan (a river in West Asia in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

• jordanar
• jordansk

Jordan m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Jordan

• IPA^(key): /jǒrdan/
• Hyphenation: Jor‧dan

Jòrdan m inan (Cyrillic spelling Јо̀рдан)

1. Jordan (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
2. Jordan (a river in West Asia in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

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Jordan

1. Jordan (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)

   Synonym: Yordani

From Old Swedish Iordan. Cognate with Old Danish Jordanus (partially latinized).

Jordan c (genitive Jordans)

1. Jordan (a river in West Asia in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

Borrowed from Spanish Jordán.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hoɾˈdan/ [hoɾˈd̪an̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Jor‧dan

Jordán (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜇ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔)

1. Jordan (a municipality, the capital of Guimaras, Philippines)
2. Jordan (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)
3. Jordan (a river in West Asia in the Middle East, that empties into the Dead Sea, flowing through Israel, the Golan Heights, the West Bank and Jordan)

Jordan

1. nonstandard spelling of Ürdün (“Jordan (a country in West Asia in the Middle East)”)
   • 2005 January 6, “Ğiraqta ğadättäntış wazğiät 30 köngä ozaytıldı”, in Azatlıq radiosı‎^[8]:

     İran tışqı eşlär ministrı Kamal Kharrazi, Jordan patşası Abdullanıñ süzlärenä qarşılıq yözennän cıyında qatnaşmıy.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)