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Jordan-James

Gender
Boy
Say it
JOR-dan-JAYMZ
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#5,065 for boys

Jordan-James is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “flowing down + heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).

What does Jordan-James mean?

Hebrew: Jordan + James

“flowing down + heel-holder, supplanter”

Joins Jordan (Hebrew, “flowing down”) and James (Hebrew, “heel-holder, supplanter”).

Meanings borrowed from Jordan and James.

Is Jordan-James a girl's or a boy's name?

Jordan-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Jordan-James in the UK?

Rank in 2025
5,065th among boys
Babies in 2025
3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Jordan-James, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2014, with 5 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

1998Busiest: 5 in 20142025
Jordan-James in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20240–
20230–
20223#5,017
20214#4,188
20200–
20191#6,258
20185#3,596
20171#6,312
20161#6,416
20150–
20145#3,529
20130–
20120–
20113#4,837
20104#4,026
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20021#4,262
20010–
20002#3,980
19990–
19984#2,531

Names like Jordan-James

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Jordan-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jordan-james, updated 20 October 2026.