Given name & surname
Jourdain
“flowing down”
Jourdain is a variant of Jordan. One interpretation is “flowing down.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jourdain is a variant of Jordan. One interpretation is “flowing down.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jourdain is a variant of Jordan. An origin associated with Jordan is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jourdain through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 205
- 169 boys · 36 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 25 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 9 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 255 as a first name in 2020; 1,023 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.
Jourdain’s family of names
In French usage, Jourdain as a surname has an affectionate form in Jourdon. Jourdain shares a linguistic root with Jordan. In French usage, Jourdain has a related form in Jourdan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jourdain has relatives in 7 languages.
6 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jourdain
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