Yordan
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning descending; a form of Jordan.
Yordan by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Yordan. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Jordan
Like Yordan, each of these traces back to Jordan: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Jordanflowing down; to descend5,996 in the US (2017)
- Jordynto flow down; a form of Jordan1,995 in the US (2017)
- Jordyto flow down; form of Jordan296 in the US (2017)
- Jordynnflowing down; a form of Jordan215 in the US (2017)
- Jordenflowing down; a spelling variant of Jordan122 in the US (2017)
- Jordinflowing down; to descend; a modern respelling of Jordan89 in the US (2017)
- Jordondescender; a spelling variant of Jordan70 in the US (2017)
- Jordanaflowing down; feminine form of Jordan54 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yordan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Yordaniflowing down; a form of jordan8 in the US (2017)
- Yordindescending; a modern spelling of Jordan7 in the US (2017)
- Yohangod is gracious; a form of John15 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yazdangod; divine being16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Yovangod is gracious; a form of John6 in the US (2017)
- Yordi10 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Yordan
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