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Vinony

Gordon

proper noun

  1. male given name
  2. family name
  3. place name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔrdn̩/ / /ˈɡɔːdn̩/

name

Etymology: The main etymology, associated with Celtic names, is from the Scots surname Gordon, from a place name, but the origin is debated: * If the English or Scots name is from a Brythonic language (such as Old Welsh or Old Breton), then possibly from a Proto-Brythonic compound such as *gor (“spacious”) + *din (“fort”); * If the Scots name is itself from English, then possibly from French Gourdon, derived from Gallo-Roman Latin Gordus, from Gaulish *Gordos; * Otherwise, possibly ultimately from Old English *gor-dūn (“mud hill”) whence a habitational name.

  1. A Scottish habitational surname from the Celtic languages for someone from Gordon, Berwickshire.
  2. An English habitational surname from Anglo-Norman for someone from Gourdon, France.
  3. A habitational surname from Irish, an anglicization of de Górdún (“of Gordon (Berwickshire)”).
  4. A surname from Irish [in turn originating as a patronymic], an adopted anglicization of Mag Mhuirneacháin (“son of Muirneachán”) (traditionally Magournahan).
  5. A Jewish habitational surname probably for someone from Grodno, Belarus.

    “Mount, vassals, couch your lances, and cry, "Gordon! Gordon for Scotland and Elizabeth!"”

  6. A male given name transferred from the surname.

    “Often he wrote good ones on casual slips and fancied them his; names like Trevellyan or Montressor or Delancey, with musical prefixes; or a good, short, beautiful, but dignified name like "Gordon Dane". He liked that one. It suggested something.”

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noun

Etymology: The main etymology, associated with Celtic names, is from the Scots surname Gordon, from a place name, but the origin is debated: * If the English or Scots name is from a Brythonic language (such as Old Welsh or Old Breton), then possibly from a Proto-Brythonic compound such as *gor (“spacious”) + *din (“fort”); * If the Scots name is itself from English, then possibly from French Gourdon, derived from Gallo-Roman Latin Gordus, from Gaulish *Gordos; * Otherwise, possibly ultimately from Old English *gor-dūn (“mud hill”) whence a habitational name.

  1. A Gordon setter.