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Region of origin | Scotland, England, Ireland, Spain and Hebrew |
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Variant form(s) | de Górdún; Gordon (given name); Gurden[1] |
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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.[2] One possibility is from Gordon, in Berwickshire. Another possibility is from a similarly named place in Normandy.[2] 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".[3] Another origin of the Irish name Gordon is as an Anglicised form of the Irish language surname Mórbhoirneach.[4]
Gordon (Hebrew: גורדון Russian: Гордон) is also a Jewish surname, likely derived from the city of Grodno, in Belarus[3]—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,[3] which is derived from the Spanish language word gordo, meaning "fat".[5]
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 nobility
- Duke of Gordon, created once in the Peerage of Scotland, and again in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
Dukes of Aubigny
- Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond, 5th Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny (1791–1860)
- Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny, 1st Duke of Gordon (1818–1903)
- Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond, 7th Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny, 2nd Duke of Gordon (1845–1928)
- Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 8th Duke of Richmond, 8th Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny, 3rd Duke of Gordon (1870–1935)
- Frederick Charles Gordon-Lennox, 9th Duke of Richmond, 9th Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny, 4th Duke of Gordon (1904–1989)
- Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond, 10th Duke of Lennox, Duke of Aubigny, 5th Duke of Gordon (1929–2017)
Earls and Marquesses of Huntly
- Alexander Gordon, 1st Earl of Huntly
- George Gordon, 2nd Earl of Huntly
- Alexander Gordon, 3rd Earl of Huntly
- George Gordon, 4th Earl of Huntly (1514–1562)
- George Gordon, 5th Earl of Huntly
- George Gordon, 1st Marquess and 6th Earl of Huntly (1562–1636)
- George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly (1592–1649)
- Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Huntly (c. 1626 – 1653)
- George Gordon, 4th Marquess of Huntly (1649–1716) (1st Duke of Gordon)
- George Gordon, 9th Marquess of Huntly (1761–1853)
- Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly (1792–1863)
- Charles Gordon, 11th Marquess of Huntly (1847–1937)
- Douglas Gordon, 12th Marquess of Huntly (1908–1987)
- Granville Charles Gomer Gordon, 13th Marquess of Huntly (born 1944)
Earls and Marquesses of Aberdeen
- George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen (1637–1720)
- William Gordon, 2nd Earl of Aberdeen (1679–1745)
- George Gordon, 3rd Earl of Aberdeen (1722–1801)
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860)
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen (1816–1864)
- George Hamilton-Gordon, 6th Earl of Aberdeen (1841–1870)
- John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen (1847–1934), 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847–1934)
- George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1879–1965)
- Dudley Gladstone Gordon, 3rd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1883–1972)
- David George Ian Alexander Gordon, 4th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1908–1974)
- Archibald Victor Dudley Gordon, 5th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1913–1984)
- Alastair Ninian John Gordon, 6th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1920–2002)
- Alexander George Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1955–2020)
Earls of Aboyne
Viscounts of Kenmure
Descent of titles during attainder:
- Robert Gordon, 7th Viscount of Kenmure (1714–1741)
- John Gordon, 8th Viscount of Kenmure (1713–1769)
- William Gordon, 9th Viscount of Kenmure (c. 1748 – 1772)
- John Gordon, 10th Viscount of Kenmure (1750–1840) (restored 1824)
- Adam Gordon, 11th Viscount of Kenmure (died 1847)
Viscount of Melgum
- John Gordon, 1st Viscount of Melgum (died 1630)
Viscount Gordon
Spanish Gordons