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First name origin & meaning:

Old English: Fertilized pasture

First name variations: Gordan, Gordie, Gordo, Gorton, Gore, Gorham, Gorrell, Gord, Gordain, Gorden, Gordin, Gordonn, Gordun, Gordyn, Gordon

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. Americanized form of French Gourdeau, a topographic name from Old French gort ‘stretch of water rich in fish’.
  2. A family called Gourdeau, from Poitou, was in Quebec city by 1652.