Gordon (surname)
Gordon is a surname with multiple origins, especially Scottish. The masculine given name Gordon is derived from the surname.
Origin of the surname
The Scottish surname Gordon may be derived from several locations. One possibility is from Gordon, in Berwickshire. Another possibility is from a similarly named place in Normandy. The English surname Gordon is derived from the placename of Gourdon, in Saône-et-Loire, France. This location is derived from the Gallo-Roman personal name Gordus. In Ireland, the surname Gordon is of several origins. One origin of the surname is from the Scottish surname, which spread into Ireland in the 17th century during the plantation era; in the Irish language this name is spelt de Górdún. Also, the surname Gordon is an Anglicised form of the Irish language Mag Mhuirneacháin, which is a patronymic form of the personal name Muirneachán. This personal name is derived from the Irish language word muirneach, meaning "beloved". Another origin of the Irish name Gordon is as an Anglicised form of the Irish language surname Mórbhoirneach.Gordon is also a Jewish surname, likely derived from the city of Grodno, in Belarus—thus, of an origin completely unrelated to the British surname though spelled the same in English.
The Spanish, and Galician surname Gordón is derived from places like-named in the Spanish and Galician languages. The Basque language Gordon is also derived from a like-named placename. Another origin for the Spanish surname is from the nickname Gordo, which is derived from the Spanish language word gordo, meaning "fat".
Gordon is also a British Romany surname with origins on the Scottish-English Border; during the 17th and 18th century fearing persecution many Gypsy folk in the North of England and the South of Scotland chose to change their surnames to blend into the local societies they were living within. These Gordons are completely unrelated to other ancestral sources of the name.
List of people
- A. D. Gordon, Russian Zionist
- Aaron Gordon, American basketball player
- Abram Gordon, Wisconsin pioneer
- Adam Gordon, multiple people
- Adi Gordon, Israeli basketball player
- Adoniram Judson Gordon, pastor in Boston, Massachusetts, and founder of Gordon College
- Agnes Gordon, American bridge player
- Al Gordon, comic book creator
- Alan Gordon, Australian politician known as Lin Gordon
- Alan Gordon, British actor
- Alan Gordon , American author
- Alan Gordon , Canadian historian
- Alan Gordon , Scottish footballer
- Alan Gordon,, American soccer player
- Alan Lee Gordon, American songwriter
- Alastair Gordon, Australian rower, 2000 Sydney Olympics silver medalist
- Albert L. Gordon, American gay rights legal activist
- Alexander Gordon, multiple people
- Aleksandr Gordon, Russian-Soviet director, screenwriter and actor
- Alister Fraser Gordon, British general
- Amelia Elizabeth Roe Gordon, British-born Canadian social reformer
- Anita Gordon, American singer
- Ann Gordon, First Lady of North Carolina
- Ann D. Gordon, research professor in the department of history at Rutgers University
- Anna Gordon, ballad collector
- Anna Adams Gordon, American social reformer, songwriter, president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
- Anne Gordon, Australian cricketer
- Ann Lee , singer and songwriter
- Anthony Gordon, multiple people
- Archibald Ronald McDonald Gordon, Bishop of Portsmouth
- Audrey Gordon, Canadian politician
- Bart Gordon, American congressman
- Ben Gordon, British-born American basketball player
- Ben Gordon, Scottish footballer
- B. Frank Gordon, Confederate States Army colonel, acting brigadier general
- Bernard Gordon, multiple people
- Bert I. Gordon, American film director and screenwriter
- Bob Gordon, former Canadian Security Intelligence Service agent
- Bob Gordon , American jazz saxophonist
- Bobby Gordon, Scottish footballer
- Bobby Gordon , American football player
- Boyd Gordon, Canadian ice hockey player
- Brian Gordon , American professional baseball pitcher
- Brian Gordon, cartoonist, creator of web comics Fowl Language and Chuck & Beans
- Bridgette Gordon, American basketball player
- Bruce Gordon, multiple people
- C. Henry Gordon, American actor
- Cecil Gordon, American NASCAR driver
- Charles George Gordon, British general known as "Chinese Gordon" and "Gordon of Khartoum"
- Charles Gordon, multiple people
- Christopher Gordon, multiple people
- Clarence Gordon, multiple people
- Clemente Gordon, American football player
- Colin Gordon, British actor
- Colin Gordon , high jumper from British Guiana
- Colton Gordon, American baseball pitcher
- Cyrus H. Gordon, American linguist-semitologist
- Daniel Gordon, multiple people
- David Gordon, multiple people
- Dexter Gordon, American jazz tenor saxophonist and actor
- Dmitry Gordon, Ukrainian journalist and TV presenter
- Donald Gordon , English cricketer
- Douglas Gordon, Scottish artist
- Douglas C. Gordon, whitewater kayaker
- Douglas Peel Gordon, South Australian politician
- Drew Gordon, American basketball player
- Duke Gordon, 18th-century Scottish librarian
- Ed Gordon , American long jumper
- Ed Gordon , American television journalist
- Edward Gordon , New Zealand politician
- Edythe Mae Gordon, American short story writer and poet
- Rabbi Eliezer Gordon, Lithuanian Rosh Yeshiva
- Elizabeth Putnam Gordon, American temperance advocate, author
- Elye Gordon, Soviet Yiddish writer
- Emy Gordon, German writer, translator and Catholic activist
- Eric Gordon, American basketball player
- Eric Valentine Gordon, Canadian philologist
- Esmé Gordon, Scottish architect
- F. C. Gordon, Canadian illustrator
- Ferenc Gordon, Hungarian economist and politician
- Francis Gordon, English amateur cricketer
- Frank Gordon Jr., American lawyer and judge
- Frederick Gordon, multiple people
- Fritzi Gordon, Austrian-British bridge player
- Gary Gordon, American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Gary Gordon , Canadian Roman Catholic bishop
- Gavin Gordon, multiple people
- Geoffrey Gordon , American composer
- George Gordon, multiple people
- Sir Gerald Gordon, Scottish lawyer
- Gordon Gordon, half of a team of American crime fiction writers: The Gordons
- Hannah Gordon, Scottish actress
- Harry Gordon , Scottish entertainer, comedian and impressionist
- Harry Gordon , Scottish footballer
- Harry L. Gordon, American politician in Ohio
- Heather Gordon, American contemporary visual artist
- Henry Gordon , American
- C. Henry Gordon, American actor
- Henry Charles Gordon, American astronaut
- Henry Gordon , Canadian magician and writer
- Herbert Gordon , English cricketer
- Herbert Gordon , Jamaican footballer
- Hilda May Gordon, British painter
- Honi Gordon, vocalist
- Ian Gordon , former Australian rules footballer
- Ian Gordon , Deputy Chief of Army and Commander of UNTSO
- Ian Gordon , professor of US history at the National University of Singapore
- Ian Gordon , German hockey player
- Ida Gordon, English philologist, wife of E. V. Gordon
- Isabella Gordon, British biological scientist
- James Gordon, multiple people
- Janet Hill Gordon, New York politician
- Jano Gordon, Argentine footballer
- Jay Gordon, musician
- Jeff Gordon, American NASCAR driver
- Jeffrey D. Gordon, Pentagon spokesman
- Jimmie Gordon, American blues pianist, singer, and songwriter
- Joe Gordon, American baseball player and manager
- Joel Gordon, Canadian actor and filmmaker
- Joel Gordon, American football coach and former player
- John Gordon, multiple people
- Johnette Gordon-Weaver, American historian
- Josephine Gordon, British jockey
- Joyce Gordon, American actress and union representative
- Judah Leib Gordon, Hebrew poet
- Judy Gordon, Canadian politician
- Julia Gordon, Canadian mathematician
- Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA
- Karl Gordon, British DJ and producer
- Ken Gordon , Trinidadian businessman and former politician
- Ken Gordon, Colorado congressman
- Kim Gordon, American musician, member of Sonic Youth
- Kyler Gordon, American football player
- L. C. Gordon, American basketball player and coach
- Larry Gordon, multiple people
- Lawrence Gordon, multiple people
- Lee Gordon, American musician
- Lee Gordon , American businessman and rock and roll promoter
- Lennox Gordon, American football player
- Leo Gordon, American film and television character actor
- Leon Gordon, Russian-born poet
- Leonard A. Gordon is a historian of South Asia, especially of Bengal
- Lewis Gordon, American philosopher
- Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Huntly
- Lewis Gordon
- Lewis Gordon
- Lincoln Gordon, president of Johns Hopkins University, and U.S. Ambassador to Brazil
- Lindsay Gordon, Canadian air marshal
- Lucy Gordon, multiple people
- M. G. Gordon, American businessman, inventor and social theorist
- Manya Gordon, American historian
- Margaret Gordon , British artist
- Marilyn Gordon, Trinidad and Tobago politician
- Marina Gordon, American singer
- Marjory Gordon, American nurse
- Marjorie Gordon Smart British, Canadian and Australian diplomat and a founding college principal in Australia.
- Marc Gordon, American record producer and music executive
- Mark Gordon , American film and television producer
- Mark Gordon , American politician
- Mary Gordon, multiple people
- Maxine Gordon, British actress
- Melvin Gordon, American football player
- Merritt J. Gordon, associate justice of the Washington Supreme Court
- Mervyn Gordon, British microbiologist
- Michael Gordon, multiple people
- Mikalah Gordon,, American Idol 4 contestant
- Mildred Gordon, half of a team of American crime fiction writers: The Gordons
- Mildred Gordon , British politician
- Nachi Gordon, American entrepreneur
- Nancy Gordon, American economist and statistician
- Nathan Gordon , Australian rules footballer
- Nathan Green Gordon, American lawyer, politician, and naval aviator
- Nathan H. Gordon, motion picture executive
- Nathaniel Gordon, American slave trader
- Nick Gordon, American baseball player
- Noah Gordon, multiple people
- Norman Gordon, South African cricketer
- Oliver Gordon, multiple people
- Paige Gordon, Canadian diver
- Pamela Gordon, multiple people
- Patrick Gordon, multiple people
- Paul-Gordon Chandler, musician, composer and producer
- Peter Gordon, multiple people
- Phil Gordon, multiple people
- Philip H. Gordon, American diplomat
- Powhatan Gordon, American politician
- Richard Gordon, multiple people
- R. H. Gordon, American politician
- Ricky Ian Gordon, US composer
- Robby Gordon, NASCAR driver
- Robert Gordon, multiple people
- Roderick Gordon, children's book author
- Rodney Gordon, British architect
- Ron Gordon, American entrepreneur and former president of Atari.
- Rosco Gordon, American blues singer and pianist
- Roy Gordon, President of Inco Limited
- Rupert Montgomery Gordon, British parasitologist
- Ruth Gordon, actress
- Samuel Y. Gordon, Minnesota legislator and the Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
- Sandy Grant Gordon, Scottish distiller
- Shahar Gordon, Israeli basketball player
- Shaul Gordon, Canadian-Israeli Olympic sabre fencer
- Sheila Gordon, American writer
- Sid Gordon, American major league baseball All Star player
- Sidney Gordon , Scottish businessman
- Stuart Gordon, American director
- Stuart Gordon, musician with The Korgis
- Stephen J. Gordon, English chess grandmaster
- Steve Gordon , Cayman Islands cricketer
- Steve Gordon , American film and television director
- Steve Gordon , rugby league footballer
- Steven E. Gordon, director, character designer and animator
- Stomp Gordon, American jump blues pianist and singer
- Sue Gordon, magistrate
- Susan Gordon, child actress
- Thomas Gordon, multiple people
- Tom Gordon, American baseball player
- Trevor Gordon, British Australian singer, songwriter and musician
- Veronica Lucy Gordon, a South Sudanese journalist
- Victoria Gordon, Australian pharmaceutical researcher
- Walter Gordon, African-American filmmaker known as Jamaa Fanaka
- Walter Gordon , physicist active in the 1920s
- Walter Gordon , American World War II veteran
- Walter A. Gordon, African-American political figure and American football player for the University of California
- Walter Henry Gordon, United States Army General
- Walter L. Gordon, Canadian politician and cabinet minister
- Wayne Gordon, multiple people
- William Gordon, multiple people
- Willy Gordon, Swedish sculptor
- Yekutiel Gordon, disciple of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto
- Zachary Gordon, American child actor