Origin of?

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Origin of?

does anyone know the origin of the surname gordon?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Gordon
This name, with variant spellings Gordon and Gourdon, is of
locational origin, either from the place of that name in
Berwickshire, Scotland, or from Gourdon in Saone-et-Loire, France.
The former was so called from the Olde Gaelic "gor", meaning large
or spacious, plus "dun", a fort and the surname was first recorded
in the mid 12th Century, (see below). Adam de Gurdun, recorded in
the Pipe Rolls of Hampshire dated 1204, is believed to have come
from the French town, so called from the Gallo-Roman personal name
Gordus, plus the locational suffix "-on(is)". One, Geoffrey Gurdun
appears in the Curia Rolls of Kent, dated 1220 and an Adam Gordon
in the 1279 "Hundred Rolls of Cambridgeshire". Sir Adam de Gordon
(deceased 1333) was Justiciar of Scotland 1310 - 1314. He obtained
the Lordship of Strathbogie, which he named Huntly circa 1315.
Branches of his family have since held the titles of Lord of
Strathbogie, Duke of Gordon and Earl and Marquess of Huntly. One
Richard Gurden, the infant son of Robert and Mary Gurden was
christened on the 5th March 1665 at St. James, Clerkenwell, London.
The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that
of Richer de Gordun, which was dated 1154, in the "Records of St.
Michael's Church", Kelso, Scotland, during the reign of King David 1
of Scotland, 1124 - 1153