I don't love the name, but I'll give the parents who choose this name credit for turning it feminine instead of using Jordan, or just spelling it as Jordyn, as if a 'y' in the position of the unstressed vowel somehow turns a masculine name feminine.
Also used in Spanish (Hohr-dah-nah) and Portuguese (Shohr-dah-nah). Hebrew equivalent would be Yardena (Yahr-deh-nah). [noted -ed]
-- Anonymous User 7/9/2008
Like many others, I prefer this variant to Jordan as a feminine name. And Jordana Brewster always comes to mind whenever I see this name. Anyway, I really love the way it sounds. A little girl can have this, and it would be easy to pronounce and have a lot of spirit; and an adult can have this name, and it would have lots of spunk and style.
Jordana's a nice name. Different. But isn't it that cheapie makeup line they sell at Walmart and Target? It's literally a 99 cent line. That blows it for me. Jordana Cosmetics. Look it up.
I love the name Jordana xx:). As it is my name! at school they call me Dana, Jord, Jordy. My Spanish relatives call me Hordana the Spanish river that travels through the country. Most people think the name is spelt like Gordana Goirdana Joirdane Gordarna which I find really annoying. People pronounce it like jaw-darn-ah but that's not how my mum wanted it to sound like jaw-dane-ah.