Gorden

Where Gorden comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Gorden.

Gorden through the years
  1. 1886
    First appearance
    #845 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1922
    Peak, #722
    82 babies named Gorden, the most in any year.
  3. 1930
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,080.
  4. 1941
    Gorden Kaye born
    British actor
  5. 1968
    Gorden Wagener born
    German car designer
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Gorden Kaye · British actor, 1941–2017
  • Gorden Wagener · German car designer, born 1968
  • Gorden Tallis · Australian rugby league footballer and administrator, born 1973

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.