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Jourdain
How to Pronounce Jourdain
Pronounced joor-DAYN /dʒʊrˈdeɪn/Low
Meaning: Jourdain is the French form of Jordan, taken from the River Jordan, whose Hebrew name Yarden means to flow down or descend. Medieval children were sometimes named for the river in which pilgrims were baptized, and Jourdain carries that same watery sense.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Jourdain is the older French shape of Jordan, carried by medieval families and revived faintly in modern American records as Jordan itself surged.
It never became common, given to only about twenty boys a year at its best. A boy named Jourdain at its mid-nineties peak would be reaching his thirties now.
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What does the name Jourdain mean?
It is the French form of Jordan, from the Hebrew river name Yarden meaning to flow down or descend.
How do you pronounce Jourdain?
It is said joor-DAYN /dʒʊrˈdeɪn/, two syllables stressed on the second.
Is Jourdain a boy or girl name?
Jourdain is recorded as a boy's name.
How popular is Jourdain?
It has always been very rare, given to only about twenty boys a year at its peak in the mid nineteen-nineties.