Meaning and background
The story behind Gordon
Gordon began as a Scottish surname associated with a place in Berwickshire, before becoming an established first name. Behind the Name gives a likely older Brythonic meaning of 'spacious fort' for the place, though that is a place-name etymology rather than a present-day word translation. Gordon is a familiar two-syllable name in Britain, with Gordie and Gordy among its recognised short forms.
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About Gordon
Recorded as a dog’s name
Gordon appears in 9 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɡɔɹdən/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/ɡɔɹdən/ · primary stress on syllable 1G AO1 R D AH0 N
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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