Definitions for Gordon
ˈgɔr dngor·don

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1. Gordonnoun

   Any of several places, outside Scotland named for persons with the surname.

2. Gordonnoun

   transferred from the surname. Popular in the UK in the first half of the 20th century.

3. Etymology: From a Scottish surname which was originally descended of a place name that means ‘spacious fort’.

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1. Gordon

   Gordon is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which elects one member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. It was first used in the 1983 general election, but has undergone boundary changes since that date.

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1. GORDON

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gordon is ranked #161 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gordon surname appeared 161,833 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 55 would have the surname Gordon.
   
   64.2% or 103,978 total occurrences were White.
   29.1% or 47,174 total occurrences were Black.
   3% or 4,920 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.2% or 3,657 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 1,100 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.6% or 1,003 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Gordon' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3812

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Gordon' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3150

Anagrams for Gordon »

1. drongo

2. Grodno

How to pronounce Gordon?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Gordon in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Gordon in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Gordon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Gordon in a Sentence

1. David Madden:

   Gordon Ramsay is not only one of the biggest names in the culinary world, but Gordon Ramsay expertise, combined with Gordon Ramsay larger-than-life personality, also make for genuine event television.

2. Kurt Volker:

   I found Gordon Sondland engagement to be very useful, gordon Sondland's a political appointee and had close ties with the political side of the White House that I did not have.

3. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld:

   Gordon Smith and Daniel Pinto has built up an incredible bench strength beneath Gordon Smith and Daniel Pinto continually, gordon Smith has the Jamie Dimon gift of clarity and wit. They are in fantastic hands in terms of next generational cohort.

4. George Backen:

   'Star Wars' is very powerful because it helps us understand ourselves in the light and dark side of The Force. We feel this in our lives when we have this pull of immediate gratification but a desire to achieve long term goals, george Lucas hit on a perfect mixture of myth, Flash Gordon, Westerns and Japanese culture, and it really resonates with people.

5. Jackie Speier:

   I had not put my finger on that at the moment, but I was irritated with him and angry with him that he wasn't fully coordinating. And I did say to him, 'Ambassador Sondland, Gordon, I think this is also going to blow up,' and here we are.

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