Angelina Jordan (born 2006), Norwegian child singer who won the 2014 season of Norway´s Got Talent.Alexis Jordan (born 1992), American singer and actress.Wilhelm Jordan (writer) (1819–1904), German writer and politician.Vernon Jordan (1935–2021), American lawyer and business executive.Robert Jordan (lawyer) (born 1945), American lawyer and former diplomat.Ricardo López Jordán (1822–1889), Argentinean political and military figure.Jordan (1910–1995), American politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives Leon Jordan (1905–1970), American politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives.Jim Jordan (born 1964), United States Representative from Ohio.Hamilton Jordan (1944–2008), advisor to American President Jimmy Carter.Daphne Jordan (born 1959), American politician serving in the New York State Senate.Christina Jordan (born 1962), British politician.Raimon Jordan (1178–1195), French nobleman and troubadour.Bernard IV Jordan of L'Isle-Jourdain (died 1340), French noble.Jordan Óge de Exeter (died 1319), Anglo-Irish sheriff.Jordan IV of L'Isle-Jourdain (died 1288), French crusader.Jordan Lancia (died 1268), Italian victor of Battle of Montaperti.Jordan de Exeter (died 1258), Anglo-Norman knight, fought at First Battle of Athenry.Jordan Pierleoni, leader of the Commune of Rome.Alfonso Jordan (died 1148), count of Toulouse and Tripoli.Jordan of Ariano (died 1127), Norman count.Jordan II of Capua (died 1127), Prince of Capua.William-Jordan (died 1109), Count of Cerdagne and Tripoli.Jordan of Hauteville (died 1092), Count of Syracuse.Jordan I of Capua (died 1091), Prince of Capua.Francis Mary of the Cross Jordan (1848–1918), Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Salvatorian order.Jordan (1871–1952), American Presbyterian missionary in Persia 1255 – 1311), monk, academic and theologian Jordan of Pisa (also known as Jordan of Rivalto, c.Jordan Catalani (died 1330), Dominican missionary and explorer.Jordan of Santa Susanna (died after 1154), French cardinal and papal legate.Jordan of Saxony (died 1237), Dominican master general.Jordan of Clivio (died 1120), Archbishop of Milan.Jordan (Bishop of Poland) (died 982 or 984), first Bishop of Poland.Jordan of Bristol, saint venerated in Bristol, England.Notable people and characters with the name include: As of 2006, males accounted for 72.5% of people with this name in that country. Until the late 1970s, "Jordan" was predominantly used as a male name in the United States, but later began to gain popularity as a female name as well. Jordan is used as either a given name or a surname. and some other countries in the latter half of the 20th century. The English form of the name appears to have died out after mediaeval times, but started to be used again the 19th century, becoming especially popular in the U.S. The Greek form is Ἰορδάνης ( Iordanes), in Arabic it is Al-Urdunn, in Latin Jordanus, in Italian Giordano, in Spanish Jordán, in Portuguese Jordão, in German Jordan, in Dutch Jordaan, in French Jourdain, in Irish Iordáin or Riordan, in Romanian Iordan, in Bulgarian Йордан ( Yordan) and in Catalan Jordà. The Germanic name Jordanes, which was the name of a 6th-century Gothic historian, may have popularised the name as well. Īccording to the New Testament of the Bible, John the Baptist baptised Jesus Christ in the River Jordan, and during the Crusades, crusaders and pilgrims would bring back some of the river water in containers to use in the baptism of their own children in Europe and Britain. The form found in Western names originates from the Hebrew ירדן Yarden, meaning "to go down", relating to the Jordan River flowing into the Dead Sea. There are also other rivers named after the original river. Jordan is used as a given name as well as surname for people, with its origins in the name of the Jordan River between Jordan and Israel, which also gave its name to the country, Jordan.