Meaning of the nameJordão

Male
Hebrew origin
Jor-dão

Jordão is a male name of Hebrew origin, the Portuguese form of the name of the Jordan River, whose Hebrew name Yarden comes from a verb meaning to descend or to flow.

Meaning

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

Source: Behind the Name: Jordan

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People (2022): 2,893
Rank in Brazil: #3,990
Median age: 37 years
2010 Census: 3,676; people

Jordão in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Jordão, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (771 people).

0 women 2,883 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 Jordão is most common

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

Rio Grande do Norte 0.005%
Paraíba 0.005%
Pernambuco 0.002%
Ceará 0.002%
Paraná 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	488	0.001%
Minas Gerais	197	0.001%
Paraíba	186	0.005%
Pernambuco	183	0.002%
Paraná	178	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	173	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	164	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	164	0.005%
Ceará	159	0.002%
Goiás	99	0.001%
Maranhão	97	0.001%
Santa Catarina	95	0.001%
Bahia	93	0.001%
Pará	83	0.001%
Amazonas	80	0.002%
Piauí	68	0.002%
Alagoas	66	0.002%
Espírito Santo	59	0.002%
Roraima	55	0.009%
Mato Grosso	48	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	41	0.002%
Distrito Federal	27	0.001%
Tocantins	24	0.002%
Sergipe	21	0.001%
Rondônia	20	0.001%
Acre	19	0.002%

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

About the name Jordão

Jordão is the Portuguese form of Jordan, a name that comes from the Jordan River; the Biblical Hebrew Yarden is linked to a verb meaning 'to descend, to flow'. Jordão also exists as a surname and as the name of a municipality in Acre. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,893 people named Jordão, with a median age of 37, almost always men. Proportionally, it is most common in Rio Grande do Norte.

Sources

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

Questions about the name Jordão

What does the name Jordão mean?

Jordão means “name of the Jordan River, from Hebrew Yarden, linked to a verb meaning 'to descend, to flow'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Jordão in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,893 people with the first name Jordão, which ranks it number 3,990 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Jordão a boy's or a girl's name?

Jordão is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,883 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Jordão?

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

In which Brazilian state is Jordão most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Norte: 0.005% of the state's population is named Jordão (164 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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