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[Opinions] Gordon
Short and simple: WDYTO the name Gordon?
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I think it’s okay. Where I come from, it’s usually used as a last name. Whenever I hear this, the first person that comes to mind is Gordie Lachance from Stand By Me.
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Surnamey, very dated and vaguely comical, probably because I've never met one and the main thing that comes to mind when I hear it is a silly novelty song from the 70s with the chorus 'Gordon is a moron'. Oh and the circle dance sometimes done at weddings - the Gay Gordons - and Flash Gordon.
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Hi queenv !!!My only links with Gordon are G. Ramsay and the Spanish word 'gordo' (fat). Ramsay is not a problem but the adjective actually is.
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One of the very few lnfns that can comfortably be either.I like it for its Scottish vibe; I know a James Gordon Ln who is of Scottish descent, and I like that. I knew a less than pleasant Gordon once, which didn't help, and a friend has a cousin Gordon who is known in the family as Gordy. This is enough to put any thinking person off the name for life! But if a Gordon can avoid Gordy, then it's fine.
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My (adult) sons have a neighbourhood friend from childhood named Gordon, always called Gordy. He's a nice person , though, nice boy growing up, and now a good husband and father .So, Gordy is ok, by me.
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I had a great-uncle Gordon. When I was a kid, before I ever met him, I heard his name and thought of warts...maybe because it sounds like gourd? It also sounds like gore / gored, which I find off-putting.Now I hear it and mainly think of my great-uncle. He was over 6 and a half feet tall and thought everything was a joke. My only other association with it is Buffy the Vampire Slayer's stuffed pig that she called Mr. Gordo. I have a hard time taking it seriously.

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I like it
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Hi!I think it's okay. Not really my type but I don't have it.
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