First name origin & meaning: Old English: Fertilized pasture First name variations: Gordan, Gordie, Gordy, Gordo, Gorton, Gorham, Gorrell, Gord, Gordain, Gorden, Gordin, Gordonn, Gordun, Gordyn, Gordon Last name origins & meanings:
- English: habitational name from any of various places, for
example in Kent and Wiltshire, named Gore, from Old English
gāra ‘triangular piece of land’ (a derivative of
gār ‘spear’, with reference to the triangular shape of a
spearhead).
- French: nickname for a gluttonous and idle
individual, from Old French gore ‘sow’ (of allegedly imitative
origin, reflecting the grunting of the animal).
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