# Gordon
## English
### Etymology

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.
(Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈɡɔrdn̩/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɡɔːdn̩/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dən

### Proper noun

Gordon
* A Scottish habitational surname from the Celtic languages for someone from Gordon, Berwickshire.
* An English habitational surname from Anglo-Norman for someone from Gourdon, France.
* A habitational surname from Irish, an anglicization of de Górdún (“of Gordon (Berwickshire)”).
* A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an adopted anglicization of Mag Mhuirneacháin (“son of Muirneachán”) (traditionally Magournahan).
* A Jewish habitational surname probably for someone from Grodno, Belarus.
** 1822 Walter Scott, Poetical Works: Halidon Hill (Baudry's European Library, 1838), page 420:
    Mount, vassals, couch your lances, and cry, "Gordon!
    Gordon for Scotland and Elizabeth!"
* A male given name transferred from the surname.
** 1913, Harry Leon Wilson, Bunker Bean, BiblioBazaar, LLC, published 2008, →ISBN, page 13: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.
* A place name:
** A village in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT6443).
** A locale in Australia.
*** A suburb of Canberra; named for poet Adam Lindsay Gordon.
*** A suburb of Sydney; probably named for British Army officer James Willoughby Gordon.
*** A town in Victoria; named for early settler George Gordon.
*** A river in Tasmania, Australia.
*** A river in Western Australia, Australia; named for British statesman George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen.
** A locale in the United States:
*** A town in Houston County, Alabama.
*** A city in Wilkinson County, Georgia; named for railroad official William Washington Gordon.
*** An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Illinois.
*** An unincorporated community in Butler County, Kansas.
*** An unincorporated community in Letcher County, Kentucky.
*** A township in Todd County, Minnesota
*** A city in Sheridan County, Nebraska; named for early settler John Gordon.
*** A village in Darke County, Ohio; named for an early settler.
*** A borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; named for judge David F. Gordon.
*** A minor city in Palo Pinto County, Texas.
*** A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin; named for fur trader Antoine Guerdon.
*** A town and census-designated place therein, in Douglas County, Wisconsin.

#### Usage notes

The given name was popular in the UK in the first half of the 20th century.

#### Alternative forms

* (given name): Gorden

#### Derived terms

* Gordon County
* Gordon Hill
* Portgordon, Port Gordon
* sine-Gordon equation
* (given name diminutives): Gord, Gordie, Gordy, Gordo

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Gordon is the 161st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 161,833 individuals. Gordon is most common among White (64.25%) and Black (29.15%) individuals.

### Noun

Gordon (plural Gordons)
* A Gordon setter.

### References

* Reaney & Wilson: A Dictionary of English Surnames, OUP 1997
* ‘Gordon’ in Behind the Name, Mike Campbell, 1996.

### Anagrams

* Grodno, drongo

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡordon]

### Proper noun

Gordon m anim (female equivalent Gordonová)
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Gordon”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

## Polish
### Etymology

From the personal name Gordian (from Latin Gordianus). Alternatively, from an East Slavic word meaning "proud", e.g. Ukrainian гордий (hordyj), Belarusian горды (hórdy), Russian гордый (gordyj).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɔr.dɔn/
* Rhymes: -ɔrdɔn
* Syllabification: Gor‧don

### Proper noun

Gordon m pers
* a male surname
* Gordon (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)

#### Declension
### Proper noun

Gordon f (indeclinable)
* a female surname

## Scots
### Etymology

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Etymology was: From Early Scots Gordoun, from Old English gor-dūn (“mud hill”), from gor + dun (Can this etymology be sourced?)”

### Proper noun

Gordon
* Gordon (a village in Scotland)
* Gordon (a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)