Jourdan History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Jourdan

What does the name Jourdan mean?

The history of the Jourdan family goes back to the Medieval landscape of northwestern France, to a region known as Brittany. It is derived from the family living in Brittany.

Early Origins of the Jourdan family

The surname Jourdan was first found in Brittany, where the family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Jourdan family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Jourdan research. Another 294 words (21 lines of text) covering the years 1426, 1427, 1459, 1562, 1569, 1690, 1696, 1707, 1743, 1747, 1749, 1754, 1760, 1762, 1771, 1776, 1789, 1794, 1814, 1821, 1825, 1833, 1843, 1893 and 1897 are included under the topic Early Jourdan History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Jourdan Spelling Variations

There were a great number of spelling variations in French surnames. One reason for this was the wide variety of cultural influences present in France during the early development of the French language. The many spelling variations of the name include Jourdan, Jordan, Jourdain, Jordain, Jourdaine, Jordaine, Jourde, Jorde, Jourdaneau, Jordaneau, Jourdanot, Jordanot, Jourdeneau, Jordeneau, Jourdenot, Jordenot, Jourdanet, Jordanet, Jourdenet, Jordenet, Jourdaney, Jordaney, Jourdeney, Jordeney, Jourdin, Jordin, Jourdon, Jordon, Jourdeau, Jordeau, Jourda, Denon, Denoncourt, Denonfoux, Denonville, Denet, Denot, Deneau, Danon, Danot and many more.

Early Notables of the Jourdan family

Matthieu Jouve Jourdan (1749-1794), a revolutionary
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762-1833), a count and Marshal of France

Jourdan World Ranking

the United States, the name Jourdan is the 10,750^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Jourdan is ranked the 301^st most popular surname with an estimated 13,304 people with that name. 2

Jourdan migration to the United States +

France was active as a cultural leader in the early 16th century. One particular area in which they lead was the exploration of the New World. The explorers, like Jacques Cartier in 1534, led the way to North America. Champlain, in 1608, made the first of twenty voyages to France to attract settlers and brought the first migrant in 1617. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec, and the French Acadian presence in the Maritimes had reached 500. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The family name Jourdan has made many distinguished contributions in France and New France to the world of science, culture, religion, and education. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Jourdan were

Jourdan Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Silvanus Jourdan, who landed in Bermuda in 1609-1610 3
Silvester Jourdan, who arrived in Virginia in 1609-1610 3
Samuel Jourdan, who arrived in Virginia in 1610 3
Cicely Jourdan, who arrived in Virginia in 1611 3
William Jourdan, who arrived in New England in 1651-1652 3

Jourdan Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Solomon Jourdan, who landed in Virginia in 1700 3
Salomen Jourdan, who landed in Virginia in 1700 3
Jean Jourdan, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1738 3
Christopher Jourdan, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1773 3

Jourdan Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Alic Jourdan, aged 37, who landed in Maryland in 1812 3
Ellera Jourdan, who landed in Texas in 1829 3
Antonio Alejandro Jourdan, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1841 3

Jourdan migration to Australia +

Jourdan Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

William Jourdan a stowaway, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "South Australian" in 1837 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Jourdan (post 1700) +

David Walter Jourdan (b. 1954), American author, co-founder and president of Nauticos, a deep ocean exploration company which has specialized on the quest for Amelia Earhart’s lost Lockheed Electra airplane
Carolyn Jourdan, American author, known for her memoirs and biographies that have made The Wall Street Journal list of top ten bestselling books
Theodore Charles Jourdan (1895-1961), American Major League Baseball first baseman with the Chicago White Sox (1916-1920)
Ronald Lee Jourdan (1947-2014), American college and Olympic track and field athlete
Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762-1833), Marshal of France; he fought in the American Revolution and the French Revolutionary wars
Joseph W. Jourdan, American politician, Member of California State Assembly 11th District, 1875-77 5
John Jourdan Jr., American politician, Postmaster at Lexington, Kentucky, 1802-13 6
Alexander Jourdan, American politician, U.S. Vice Consul in San Juan, 1864-67 6
Georges Jourdan (b. 1872), French individual épée fencer at the 1900 Summer Olympics
... (Another 6 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Sources +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) The SOUTH AUSTRALIAN 1837-1838. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1837SouthAustralian.htm
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 20) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html