Given name
Gordie
“from the great hill; a hero”
In English use, Gordie is a diminutive of Gordon. One interpretation is “from the great hill; a hero.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Gordie is a diminutive of Gordon. One interpretation is “from the great hill; a hero.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Gordie is a diminutive of Gordon. An origin associated with Gordon is Scottish.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Gordie is a diminutive of Gordon.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1901. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gordie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 292
- 213 boys · 79 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,851 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,851 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 186 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gordie’s family of names
In English usage, Gordie is a diminutive of Gordon. Gordie 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 Gordie
- Gordie HoweCanadian ice hockey player (1928–2016)
- Gordie RobertsAmerican ice hockey player (born 1957)
- Gordie DwyerCanadian NHL hockey playerborn 1978
- Gordie DrillonCanadian ice hockey player (1913–1986)
- Gordie IonCanadian soccer playerborn 1934
- Gordie ClarkScottish-born Canadian ice hockey player and coachborn 1952
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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