Unisex name
Jourdan
4,193 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 1990. Expression number: 11.
Origin
Derived from the Hebrew Yarden (Nehar haYarden literally "River of Sorrow, of Judgment."), the oriental name of the Jordan river, which crosses the Middle East and is regarded as a river. Jourdan was initially a baptismal name, or a direct appellation, that was given to Christian knights who had crossed the Jordan Valley upon their return from the Crusades to Jerusalem. It later became a surname as well as a first name.Translated by Arcanes from the French Wiktionnaire, entry “Jourdan”, text and translation under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 1990: 270 births. 4,193 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s and 2000s. It is given to girls (55%) as well as boys (45%). It really came into use around 1981. It is still given: 95 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
1 + 6 + 3 + 9 + 4 + 1 + 5 = 29 → 11
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
6 + 3 + 1 = 10 → 1
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
1 + 9 + 4 + 5 = 19 → 1
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.