The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-07

Names by request: Brightman, S GeofEery, Godfrey. Jefferson, JeHery' Jordan. Leavenworth. .
 Variants: Geffray, etc. Gloraahi' Gottfried, Jeff(O, JeTeries, Jen enaen Jeffrey(s), Jenrie(s). borden, Jordoh' Jordison. Jourdain, .Jourdaneau' Jour dant. Jurdan eac. Levinie). Le'eh- worth, Levin.
 Jordan, ,Jordon.
 The surname Jordan is patrony- ssrnfc from the same fontal name. Tne name had a tremendous vogue In the south and west of Europe at the tune of the Crusades. Many pilgrims ana erusaders were baptized in the waters of the sacred river. Others had thenr < children baptized in the stream. mus; for instance, the celebrated count or Toulouse. Alphonse Jo-rdain, who was born in Syre shortly after the Fllse tCrusade bagan, received his surname.
 Many fiasks of the sacred water were brought to Europe to be used Tor baptipmal purposes and numerous cnii- dren were christened Jordan from the vse of this water in. the rite. This (hrfstian name became common. not only in Italy and Spain, but also m yEnuiand where almost, every pai ish register has its muster or Joroahs. The Hundred Rolls have numerous entries as al. Jurdan. fll. Jordan etc. The surname now Is found in the vari- ant Jordan, Jorden. Jordon, Juroan, etc. and has given rise to such 1orHai patronyn9cs as Jordanson. Jordison. Jordeson. etc. t The form Jordan Is now the ieauims variant and Is strongest numerically sn Refffordshii-e, Worcestershire ana Essex.s Jordison is the leading pat ronymic but iN rare outside or fork- shire, and Jordan is more common there. II
 The Italian Gfordano and the French Jourdain are equally familiar Mol iere,s NJ Jourdain Is known every where. Other forms of the French surname are Jordan, Jordanet. Jor- danis. Jordany. Jourdaine, Jourdan, Jourdaneau, JoSlrdanet. Jourdanis. Iourdanue. Jourdanneau. Jourdant
 The traditional derivation of the name of the Jordan has been traced to Jarome, who, in his "Onomasticon. &. '. Dan. says: "Jordanes oritur ad rad Ices Libani; ct habet duos fontes, unum 0omfue Jor, ct alterum Dan; qui slmui mfxti Jordants nomen efficiunt." CThe Jordan rises near the foot of Libanus, 1t has two sources, one, Jor by name, fhe other Dan; when these are united then produce the Jordan.) Jor. he TUT. ther explains, signifies river, and Dan is from the city where one Of It's principal springs is situated This IS etflI the favorite etynlology among the Christians of the East, but there Is no basis for 1t.
 The eminent Dutch Orientalist, Re- land. in the early years of the Eigh- teenth Century, proposed oerlv- ation from the Hebrew verb yaroah' descend" which seemed to fit the stream admirably. as 1t has been called ea continuous waterfall" The actuai fall is said to be 1888 feet in IT miles general ance and Is the one given by all except the most recent works.
 Tn 1896. Seybold, in the Mittheilun- gen und Nachrichten des Deutschen Palaestrina- -Vereins, proposed an ety- YnoIogy which makes the name mean sthe watering place" This may con meet it with the Syriac yarda. "lake, Arabic swarada, ito go down to water, s.a terrn used of cattle, and wfrdum, s xraAsrfng, place." This derivation Is meeting with such acceptance that Il bids fair to displace the time-honoree one of rReland.
 ed as early ss.Homers odyssey III :, 2e2. is supposed to have derived Ill name from the early Phoenician set Hers of the island and therefore to b' Identical in origin and meaning witi the name of the Palestinian stream.
 IL should be added that the HebreV name of the sacred river Is warden ant fhat our Jordan is due to the Greet form Ioryianes.
 Godfrey, Godfrey.
 The surnames Godfrey and Geonre! are patronymics in origin, signitylni the ''son of Godfrey or Godfrey.
 The first now known to have porn this ancient personal name was Goda frid, a Swabian Duke of the Seventi Century. In the next century we fin a Bishop of Arras and Bishop Cambrai, bearing the name so appro priate to their high calling. After tha the name becomes fairly frequent an has many variants, Coda, Gotta, Cote