Boy name Scottish Gaelic origin

Gordon

GOR-duhn · 6 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Great hill or spacious fort
Language
Scottish Gaelic
Culture
Scottish
Style era
modern
Themes
Scottish · classic
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#1089
2024 births199
Peak year1952
First appeared1880
Total US births154,697
1952 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Alternate spellings
GordanGorden
In other languages
Gordie

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Gordon Ramsay
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