Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Dutch, English (Modern) Pronounced Pron. [ˈjɔɹ̈.dən](Dutch) [ˈd͡ʒɔɹ.dən](English) [key·simplify] Meaning & History English variant of Jordan and Dutch variant of Jordaan. The name is borne by Jorden van Foreest (b. 1999), a chess grandmaster who became the Dutch Chess Champion in 2016. In Dutch, this name it is exclusively masculine.