Given name & surname
Ardon
“the color bronze”
Ardon is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “the color bronze.”
Original Hebrewארדון
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “the color bronze.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb 'arad (ערד), “to flee or be free.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Ardon appears in 1 Chronicles 2:18.
From biblical name research
Ardon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 85
- 85 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 170 as a first name in 2020; 2,901 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ardon’s family of names
Ardon has a related form in Ardun. Ardon has a related form in Arrdon. Ardon has a related form in Arrdun.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 11
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Rhodesshares a root
- Aradshares a root
- Iradshares a root
- Herodshares a root
- Aridaishares a root
- Arodishares a root
- Herodionshares a root
- Arvadshares a root
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People named Ardon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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