Across the world, جوردن (Jordan 
, Gordon , جوردن 
) is a widespread predominantly boy's, but very infrequently feminine first name. The given name جوردن is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a common principally male, but scarcely girly name, the United Kingdom, and Reunion, where it is quite a common epicene name (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Also, جوردن is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Gordon, Jordan | United Kingdom, Philippines, United States, Canada, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| جوردن | Sudan, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia |
| Cordan | Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, Philippines, United States |
جوردن is also a prevalent name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Gordon Freeman , the fictional protagonist of the Half Life video game series, Half-Life 2; ALF , the fictional character, ALF; Jordan , the fictional character from the video game The Last of Us Part II; Gordon Plankton , the fictional character in SpongeBob SquarePants; member of the Plankton family and Gordon Gekko , the the main antagonist of the 1987 film Wall Street and the antihero of its 2010 sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, and in many other works.