Meaning of the nameJordan

Jordan is a name of Hebrew origin that comes from the Jordan River, whose Hebrew name, Yarden, derives from a verb meaning 'to descend, flow down'.

Meaning

“name of the Jordan River; in Hebrew Yarden, from a verb meaning 'to descend, flow down'”

Source: Behind the Name: Jordan · Wiktionary: Jordan

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People (2022): 9,839
Rank in Brazil: #1,736
Median age: 23 years
2010 Census: 8,301; people

Jordan in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jordan, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (3,690 people).

90 women 9,749 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Jordan is most common

States with the highest share of people named Jordan in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Amapá 0.016%
Amazonas 0.013%
Espírito Santo 0.011%
Paraíba 0.008%
Rio Grande do Sul 0.008%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,420	0.003%
Minas Gerais	1,179	0.006%
Rio de Janeiro	1,067	0.007%
Rio Grande do Sul	864	0.008%
Bahia	529	0.004%
Pará	522	0.006%
Amazonas	510	0.013%
Espírito Santo	409	0.011%
Santa Catarina	350	0.005%
Maranhão	342	0.005%
Paraná	333	0.003%
Paraíba	329	0.008%
Ceará	292	0.003%
Goiás	259	0.004%
Rio Grande do Norte	259	0.008%
Alagoas	159	0.005%
Piauí	152	0.005%
Pernambuco	137	0.002%
Distrito Federal	137	0.005%
Mato Grosso	134	0.004%
Amapá	115	0.016%
Roraima	77	0.012%
Rondônia	68	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	54	0.002%
Sergipe	52	0.002%
Tocantins	46	0.003%
Acre	44	0.005%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Jordan

Jordan is the name of the river that runs between Jordan and Israel, in Hebrew Yarden, from a verb meaning 'to descend, flow down'. According to Wiktionary, the name comes from Latin Iordanes, from Greek Ἰορδάνης and from Biblical Hebrew yardén. The river appears in the New Testament. In Europe, the name came to be given to children after crusaders brought water from the river to baptize them. In Portuguese, the river and the name also appear as Jordão. Almost always male, most of the people were born in the 1990s and 2000s. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 9,839 people named Jordan, with a median age of 23.

Sources

Behind the Name: Jordan · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Jordan · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

Questions about the name Jordan

What does the name Jordan mean?

Jordan means “name of the Jordan River; in Hebrew Yarden, from a verb meaning 'to descend, flow down'”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Jordan in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 9,839 people with the first name Jordan, which ranks it number 1,736 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Jordan a boy's or a girl's name?

Jordan is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 90 women and 9,749 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Jordan?

Jordan is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Jordan most common?

Proportionally, in Amapá: 0.016% of the state's population is named Jordan (115 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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