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Gordon

//ˈɡɔrdn̩// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A Scottish habitational surname from the Celtic languages for someone from Gordon, Berwickshire.
  2. 2
    An English habitational surname from Anglo-Norman for someone from Gourdon, France.
  3. 3
    A habitational surname from Irish, an anglicization of de Górdún (“of Gordon (Berwickshire)”).
  4. 4
    A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an adopted anglicization of Mag Mhuirneacháin (“son of Muirneachán”) (traditionally Magournahan).
  5. 5
    A Jewish habitational surname probably for someone from Grodno, Belarus.

    "Mount, vassals, couch your lances, and cry, "Gordon! Gordon for Scotland and Elizabeth!""

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  1. 6
    A male given name transferred from the surname.

    "Often he wrote good ones on casual slips and fancied them his; names like Trevellyan or Montressor or Delancey, with musical prefixes; or a good, short, beautiful, but dignified name like "Gordon Dane". He liked that one. It suggested something."

  2. 7
    A place name:; A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6443).
  3. 8
    A place name:; A locale in Australia.; A suburb of Canberra; named for poet Adam Lindsay Gordon.
  4. 9
    A place name:; A locale in Australia.; A suburb of Sydney in Ku-ring-gai council area, New South Wales.
  5. 10
    A place name:; A locale in Australia.; A locality in Huon Valley council area and the Kingborough council area, southern Tasmania, Australia.
  6. 11
    A place name:; A locale in Australia.; A river in Tasmania, Australia.
  7. 12
    A place name:; A locale in Australia.; A town in Victoria; named for early settler George Gordon.
  8. 13
    A place name:; A locale in Australia.; A river in Western Australia, Australia; named for British statesman George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.
  9. 14
    A place name:; A locale in the United States:; A town in Houston County, Alabama.
  10. 15
    A place name:; A locale in the United States:; A city in Wilkinson County, Georgia; named for railroad official William Washington Gordon.
  11. 16
    A place name:; A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Illinois.
  12. 17
    A place name:; A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas.
  13. 18
    A place name:; A locale in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Letcher County, Kentucky.
  14. 19
    A place name:; A locale in the United States:; A township in Todd County, Minnesota.
  15. 20
    A place name:; A locale in the United States:; A city in Sheridan County, Nebraska; named for early settler John Gordon.
  16. 21
    A place name:; A locale in the United States:; A village in Darke County, Ohio; named for an early settler.
  17. 22
    A place name:; A locale in the United States:; A borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; named for judge David F. Gordon.
  18. 23
    A place name:; A locale in the United States:; A minor city in Palo Pinto County, Texas.
  19. 24
    A place name:; A locale in the United States:; A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin; named for fur trader Antoine Guerdon.
  20. 25
    A place name:; A locale in the United States:; A town and census-designated place therein, in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
Noun
  1. 1
    A Gordon setter.

Etymology

Etymology 1

The main etymology, associated with Celtic names, is from the Scots surname Gordon, from a place name, but the origin is debated: * If the English or Scots name is from a Brythonic language (such as Old Welsh or Old Breton), then possibly from a Proto-Brythonic compound such as *gor (“spacious”) + *din (“fort”); * If the Scots name is itself from English, then possibly from French Gourdon, derived from Gallo-Roman Latin Gordus, from Gaulish *Gordos; * Otherwise, possibly ultimately from Old English *gor-dūn (“mud hill”) whence a habitational name.

Etymology 2

The main etymology, associated with Celtic names, is from the Scots surname Gordon, from a place name, but the origin is debated: * If the English or Scots name is from a Brythonic language (such as Old Welsh or Old Breton), then possibly from a Proto-Brythonic compound such as *gor (“spacious”) + *din (“fort”); * If the Scots name is itself from English, then possibly from French Gourdon, derived from Gallo-Roman Latin Gordus, from Gaulish *Gordos; * Otherwise, possibly ultimately from Old English *gor-dūn (“mud hill”) whence a habitational name.

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