Jordan (name)
The name Jordan can refer to several things. As a name, it comes from the Aramaic Yarden, meaning "one who descends", and assimilated into Latin as Jordanus (or Jordana for a female). In Arabic it is Urdunn, in Italian Giordano, in Spanish Jordán, in Portuguese Jordão, in Dutch Jordaan, in French Jourdain, in Irish Iordáin, in Romanian Iordan, and in Catalan Jordà. Jordan can be either a given name or a surname.
"Jordan" is also widely used as geographical name, such as in the Jordan Rivers of the Middle East and of the State of Utah.
See also Jourdan.
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Famous quotes containing the word jordan:
“We do not deride the fears of prospering white America. A nation of violence and private property has every reason to dread the violated and the deprived.”
—June Jordan (b. 1939)