Jordyn

Jordyn is a modern American respelling of Jordan, originally the name of the river where Jesus was baptized, from the Hebrew Yarden, to descend or flow down. Crusaders brought vials of its water home for royal baptisms, which is how a river became a name. The y-spelling marks it as firmly feminine and contemporary, distinct from the more unisex Jordan. It climbed through the 2000s and now settles in the low 300s. Two syllables, the first strong, the second softening. Jordyn has an athletic clarity to it, a name that runs well in sneakers and still dresses up.