Jordain
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- jor-DAYN
- Origin
- Hebrew
Jordain is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “to flow down”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jordain mean?
Hebrew: variant spelling of Jordan, from the river Jordan
“to flow down”
A variant spelling of Jordan, a name taken from the river where Jesus was baptised.
Is Jordain a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Jordain has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is Jordain in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1995, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Jordain in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jordain in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
Nicknames for Jordain
- Jordy 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names related to Jordain
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jordain: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jordain, updated 20 October 2026.