Given name & surname
Gordy
“from the great hill; a hero”
In English use, Gordy is a diminutive of Gordon. One interpretation is “from the great hill; a hero.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Gordy 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, Gordy is a diminutive of Gordon. An origin associated with Gordon is Scottish.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Gordy is a diminutive of Gordon.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gordy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 336
- 336 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 27 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 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 27 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 411 as a first name in 2020; 3,661 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.
Gordy’s family of names
In English usage, Gordy is a diminutive of Gordon. Gordy 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 Gordy
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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