Gordan
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Scottish surname from a placename; used as a first name in Scotland and Ireland
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɡɔɹdən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gordan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Croatia than in any other country.
- HRCroatia1 in 1.9K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 317K
- RSSerbia≈1 in 4.9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Gordan itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Croatia (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 242 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.9K (inferred from the name graph)
2,211 people, 2021
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Croatia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Scottish surname from a placename; used as a first name in Scotland and Ireland.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gordan 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR Croatia | #272 | 2,211 | 1 in 1.9K | 2.2K | Gordan | 91 |
| RS Serbia | #419 | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 4.9K | — | Gordan | 31 |
| US United States | — | 1,049 | 1 in 317K | 2.5K | Gordan | 242 |
| BA Bosnia & Herzegovina | #449 | ≈620 est. | ≈1 in 6.2K | — | Gordan | 18 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 190K | — | Gordan | 63 |
| MK North Macedonia | #698 | 288as Гордан | 1 in 7.4K | 288 | Gordan | 13 |
| SI Slovenia | #691 | 156 | 1 in 13K | 156 | Gordan | 15 |
2,211 people counted by DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form), 2021. 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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); State Statistical Office — living population names; SURS — resident population given names. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Gordan is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
perhaps an altered spelling of Gordon.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
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)
- Gordan Irovićb. 1934BASerbian footballer (1934-1995)
- Gordan Mihićb. 1938RSSerbian writer and playwright (1938-2019)
- Gordan Grlić Radmanb. 1958HRCroatian politician who has been the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs since July 2019
- Gordan Jandrokovićb. 1967HRCroatian diplomat and politician
- Gordan Vidovićb. 1968BEBelgian footballer
- Gordan Nikolitchb. 1968RSSerbian classical violinist
- Gordan Petrićb. 1969RSSerbian footballer (born 1969)
- Gordan Giričekb. 1977HRCroatian basketball player (born 1977)
- Gordan Kičićb. 1977RSSerbian actor
- Gordan Bunozab. 1988BABosnian footballer
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)
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 42 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2.5K | #12,616 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.3K | #12,248 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.7K | #16,290 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Gordan mean, and where does it come from?
- Scottish surname from a placename; used as a first name in Scotland and Ireland. Recorded by Irish first names.
- How do you pronounce Gordan?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡɔɹdən/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Gordan a male or female name?
- Gordan 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.
- In which country does Gordan have the most bearers?
- In Croatia, the national register counted about 2.2 thousand people named Gordan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gordan.
- Where is Gordan most common?
- Gordan is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.9 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Gordan?
- In Croatia, the national register counted 2,211 people named Gordan in 2021, about 1 in 1.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Gordan compared with other names?
- In Croatia, Gordan is the 272nd most common given name of 14,066 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gordanThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Gordan” — the 272nd most common given name in Croatia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.