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The name Jordan can refer to several things. As a name it comes from the Aramaic Yarden meaning one who descends and assimilated into Latin as Jordanus (or Jordana for a female). In Arabic it is Urdunn in Italian Giordano in Spanish Jordán in Portuguese Jordão in Dutch Jordaan in French Jourdain in Irish Iordáin in Romanian Iordan and in Catalan Jordà.