The story
- Old English · derived fromgor“mud”
- English todayGordon
The Scottish surname derives from Gordon in Berwickshire. This likely derives from Old English gor (“mud”) + dūn (“hill”), although a Brittonic etymology, from *gor (“great”) + *dīn (“fort”), has also been proposed.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishgor all →
goregurry
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.