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2. Jordan (name) - Wikipedia

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   Jordan is a given name and a surname.. The form found in Western names originates from the Hebrew ירדן ‎ Yarden, relating to the Jordan River in West Asia. [1] According to the New Testament of the Bible, John the Baptist baptised Jesus Christ in the Jordan, [2] and during the Crusades, crusaders and pilgrims would bring back some of the river water in containers to use in the baptism of ...

3. Category:Surnames of Jordanian origin - Wikipedia

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4. Abbadi (Bedouin) - Wikipedia

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   Abbadi or Abbadids or Ibad [1] (Arabic : بنو عباد) is an Arab Muslim dynasty and one of the biggest Bedouin tribes in Jordan. Abbadi is the second most common surname in Jordan. They are descended from "Qahtan" (Arabic : قحطانيون) [2] Many researchers believe that Prophet Shuaib is from the same tribe. Despite the fact that they ...

5. Jordan - Wikipedia

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   Jordan takes its name from the Jordan River, which forms much of the country's northwestern border. [14] While several theories for the origin of the river's name have been proposed, it is most plausible that it derives from the Hebrew word Yarad (ירד), meaning "the descender", reflecting the river's declivity. [15]

6. Giordano (name) - Wikipedia

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   As of 2014, 60.3% of all known bearers of the surname Giordano were residents of Italy (frequency 1:759), 17.3% of the United States (1:15,615), 9.4% of Argentina (1:3,390), 4.3% of France (1:11,633) and 3.3% of Brazil (1:46,874). In Italy, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:759) in the following regions: 1 ...

7. Fakhoury - Wikipedia

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   The root of the surname Fakhoury likely comes from the Arabic root word fakhour (Arabic: فخور) meaning ‘proud’. Many of the Fakhoury families can trace their roots to the Lebanese city of Rachaya Al Foukhar but they separated and some of them relocated to Saida where they bought a great amount of lands and got involved in the political ...