Gord

given name · Latin script

Meaning: unexplained; perhaps a variant of Gourd

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɡɒɹd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gord is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Canada than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CACanada≈1 in 8K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States≈1 in 1.1M
  • GHGhana≈1 in 208K

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Canada (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,700 people, est.

Sources
180 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Canada, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

unexplained; perhaps a variant of Gourd.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gord counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gord is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CA Canada#774≈4,700 est.≈1 in 8K—Gord180
US United States—≈310 est.≈1 in 1.1M332Gord157
GH Ghana—≈140 est.≈1 in 208K—Gord4
GB United Kingdom—≈78 est.≈1 in 842K—Gord56
AU Australia—≈16 est.≈1 in 1.6M—Gord29
NO Norway—≈6 est.≈1 in 899K12—1
NZ New Zealand—≈6 est.≈1 in 762K—Gord7

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gord is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Canada, United States, Brazil, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written G̶̲̥̅̊o̶̲̥̅̊r̶̲̥̅̊d̶̲̥̅

  • Croatian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Canada, United States

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian

    Also written Горд

  • Russian surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Canada, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Горд, Гордес, Gordes

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Gord is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Russian, "pride."

    as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

  • In idb, fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one’s body)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In French, crawl, a stake enclosure at a body of water to catch fish

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In pox, castle; court

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19401950196019701980Gord Martineau, b. 1947Gord McRae, b. 1948Gord Smith, b. 1949Gord Lane, b. 1953Gord Brown, b. 1960Gord Kluzak, b. 1964Gord Mark, b. 1964Gord Murphy, b. 1967Gord Johns, b. 1969Gord Bamford, b. 1976

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Gord,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 17 sources across 7 countries.

Official registers attesting Gord
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—12#23,189

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gord mean, and where does it come from?
unexplained; perhaps a variant of Gourd. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Gord have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.7 thousand people named Gord in Canada, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gord.
How do you pronounce Gord?
A machine transcription gives /ɡɒɹd/ (IPA) for English.
Is Gord a male or female name?
Gord is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Gord?
In the etymology graph, Gordie is a form of the same name in other languages.
How common is the name Gord?
Mondonomo estimates about 4,700 people in Canada have Gord as their first given name, about 1 in 8.0 thousand residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Gord compared with other names?
In Canada, Gord is the 774th most common given name of 188,338 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gord” — the 774th most common given name in Canada. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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