where did the last name jordan come from
Jordan (name) The name Jordan can refer to several things. As a name, it comes from the Hebrew ירדן‬ (Yarden), meaning "one who descends" or "to flow down". In Arabic it is Urdunn, in Italian Giordano, in Spanish Jordán, in Portuguese Jordão, in Dutch Jordaan, in French Jourdain, in Irish Iordáin, in Romanian, Iordan, in Serbian, Srđan, and in Catalan Jordà. Jordan can be either a given name or a surname. As a given name, the English form is unisex, but other languages have feminine forms (in Italian Giordana, in Spanish and Portuguese Jordana, in French Jourdaine, etc.).