Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Jord isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
In mythological stories, Jord is associated with the goddess of the earth.
Jord’s family of names
In Cornish usage, Jord has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jorge. In Breton usage, Jord has a conventional equivalent in the French form Georges. In Breton usage, Jord has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Giorgio.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jord has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 60
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jordanequivalent
- Georgeequivalent
- JorgePortuguese, Spanish
- Jordiequivalent
- GiorgioItalian
- Georgiosequivalent
- GeorgesFrench
- Gevorgequivalent
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- Jurgenequivalent
- Jerzyequivalent
- Jyriequivalent
- Jorisequivalent
- Yegorequivalent
- Jornequivalent
- Georgyequivalent
- Giorgiequivalent
- Georgiequivalent
- Georgequivalent
- Gheorgheequivalent
- Jörgenequivalent
- Jurajequivalent
- Györgyequivalent
- Георгиequivalent
- Đuroequivalent
- Jurgisequivalent
- Jurdequivalent
- Գևորգequivalent
- Gjurdequivalent
- Xurdeequivalent
- Jurijequivalent
- Göranequivalent
- Đurađequivalent
- Jiříequivalent
- Єгорequivalent
- Jüriequivalent
- Jurequivalent
- Jürgequivalent
- Jergušequivalent
- Егорequivalent
- გიორგიequivalent
- Yrjöequivalent
- Chorcheequivalent
- Jörgequivalent
- Jürgenequivalent
- Gorchequivalent
- ΓεώργιοςGreek
- Jureequivalent
- Jørgenequivalent
- Georgiusequivalent
- Георгийequivalent
- Georgijeequivalent
- Juroequivalent
- Jørnequivalent
- Yehorequivalent
- Jurgensequivalent
- Jyrkiequivalent
- Jörnequivalent
- Xurxoequivalent
- Đorđeequivalent
- Juergequivalent
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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