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First name origin & meaning:

Old English: Fertilized pasture

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

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English: nickname from Middle English gorrell ‘fat man’ (from Old French gorel ‘pig’).
  2. English: from the Old English personal name Gārwulf, composed of the elements gār ‘spear’ + wulf ‘wolf’.
  3. English: habitational name from any of various places named with Old English gor ‘dirt’, ‘mud’ + wella ‘spring’, ‘stream’, such as Gorwell in Essex and Dorset, or Gorrell in Devon.
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