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George + Jordan = GeordanWDYT? I think it adds a further degree of masculinity to ambiguous Jordan.
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I dislike Jordan for either gender, no matter the spelling. Geordan does look more masculine though.
Geordan looks like a pet name for George or Geordie, and in that respect it would be okay, imo. I'm just not into it, I guess. Or maybe I love George too much to see past the squishing of it with a name I dislike. :)
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Interesting idea, but I think people would be really confused as to how it's pronounced.
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I saw this several years ago.And I really like it! IIRC, when I came across it, the name had originally belonged to someone's great-grandfather (or something like that) and he in turn was named after both his grandfathers: George and Gordon.If Jordan weren't so popular, I'd definitely consider Geordon if I were having a boy.
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I think Jordan is a very masculine name! I cringe whenever I hear a mother call out "JOOOR-DAAAN!!" on the playground, and a little girl with pig-tails comes running over. *shudders*It's AAAAAALLL boy IMO. Geordan just looks silly. I say, pick either George or Jordan : )
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agree
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Use Gordon instead.
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I'm sorry, I don't like it. I love the name Jordan for a boy, but Geordan looks wrong to me.
~Joanie~http://www.babynames.com/namelist/9546473
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Yeah, it does look more masculine.
I'm pretty anti-the-name-George though, so it doesn't have any appeal for me; and I think Jordan is masculine enough on a guy anyways.Ten points to the person who recognizes my free association without searching...
Set Geordie free, he never shot nobody at all.
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I'm tempted to like it because of how much I like Geordie, though not particularly as a nickname for George. But the overriding sentiment is that I just don't like Jordan, irrespective of spelling. :-) I like it a bit more if I look at it like George with a diminutive suffix (like Ciaran, Faolan, Lomman, Mainchin...), whicih makes enough sense given the only other explanation of the name I've read after a brief search:He was officially named George after his father but his mother called him Geordan to avoid confusion.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordan_MurphySo! I don't know. Jury's still out on this one for me.
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I love Geordan! There is an irish rugby player called Geordan Murphy and that is where i first heard the name! I like how it gives a more traditional spin to the name Jordan!
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I don't really like the sound of Jordan, and I actually prefer it for a girl anyway (blame F. Scott Fitzgerald for that one). Also, I have negative connotations for the name George. Taken together, these things ruin the concept. Sorry.
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I know a boy named Geordan. I think the reason might be due to honouring a Gordon and wanting the name to start with G.I think if you have a good reason for the spelling it's fine, but if it's only a change for the sake of a change keep it Jordan.
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I don't like it. It looks pseudo-medieval: Geoffrey/Jeffrey, Geordan/Jordan. (I also strongly prefer Geoffrey to Jeffrey so that makes me sad.) It looks wrong. Plus, people will mispronounce it as gee-OR-dan, as opposed to JOR-dan.If gender ambiguity bugs you, I'd just stay away. Geordan sounds just as gender-ambiguous as Jordan. I'm sort of reminded of the people who find Maddysynne more feminine, even though a Maddysynne is a Maddiesine is a Madisyn is a Madyson is a Madison. One is just correctly spelled. *shrug*
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ick. sorry.
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Dittoboo
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