Given name & surname
Gorden
“from the great hill; a hero”
In English use, Gorden is a variant of Gordon. One interpretation is “from the great hill; a hero.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Gorden is a variant of Gordon. One interpretation is “from the great hill; a hero.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Gorden is a variant of Gordon. An origin associated with Gordon is Scottish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gorden through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,049
- 2,049 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 82 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 82 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 685 as a first name in 2020; 2,876 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.
Gorden’s family of names
In English usage, Gorden has a related form in Gordon.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Gorden
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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