Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 Jordyn
/JOR · din/
Meaning
“To flow down”
Alternate spelling of Jordan, the Hebrew river name Yarden meaning 'to flow down'; the -yn ending was part of the 1990s American trend for feminine respellings.
Nicknames
jordy
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Peak 1990s American; feels dated but on the cusp of nostalgia revival.
The cultural moment.
Popular in the United States and Canada in the 1990s and early 2000s, declining since.