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Gordon

  • /ˈɡɔrdn̩/ US
  • /ˈɡɔːdn̩/ UK

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)dən

Where it comes from

The Scottish surname derives from Gordon in Berwickshire. This likely derives from Old English gor (“mud”) + dūn (“hill”), although a Brittonic etymology, from *gor (“great”) + *dīn (“fort”), has also been proposed.

proper noun Gurden · Gorden

  1. A Scottish habitational surname, derived from Gordon, Berwickshire.
  2. An English habitational surname, derived from Gourdon, France.
  3. An Irish surname, adopted as an anglicization of Mag Mhuirneacháin (“son of Muirneachán”).
  4. A Jewish habitational surname, probably derived from Grodno, Belarus. Mount, vassals, couch your lances, and cry, "Gordon! Gordon for Scotland and Elizabeth!"
  5. A male given name transferred from the surname. Often he wrote good ones on casual slips and fancied them his; names like Trevellyan or Montressor or Delancey, with musical prefixes; or a good, short, beautiful, but dignified name like "Gordon Dane". He liked that one. It suggested something.
  6. A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6443).
  7. A suburb of Canberra; named for poet Adam Lindsay Gordon.
  8. A suburb of Sydney in Ku-ring-gai council area, New South Wales.
  9. A locality in Huon Valley council area and the Kingborough council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.
  10. A river in Tasmania, Australia.
  11. A town in Victoria; named for early settler George Gordon.
  12. A river in Western Australia, Australia; named for British statesman George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.
  13. A town in Houston County, Alabama.
  14. A city in Wilkinson County, Georgia; named for railroad official William Washington Gordon.
  15. An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Illinois.
  16. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas.
  17. An unincorporated community in Letcher County, Kentucky.
  18. A township in Todd County, Minnesota.
  19. A city in Sheridan County, Nebraska; named for early settler John Gordon.
  20. A village in Darke County, Ohio; named for an early settler.
  21. A borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; named for judge David F. Gordon.
  22. A minor city in Palo Pinto County, Texas.
  23. A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin; named for fur trader Antoine Guerdon.
  24. A town and census-designated place therein, in Douglas County, Wisconsin.

noun Gordons

  1. A Gordon setter.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: jordan, chancellor, treasury, taylor, rob, georgie, gordo, hazzard, jacquet, andrade, gordan, pirie, georges, russell, ellis, bruce

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@misc{gordon_2026,
  title = {Gordon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gordon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}