Gordie

  • [ GAWR-dee ]
  • English
Diminutive of GORDON. A famous bearer was Canadian hockey star Gordie Howe (1928-2016).

GORDON   male   Scottish, English
From a Scottish surname which was originally derived from a place name meaning "spacious fort". It was originally used in honour of Charles George Gordon (1833-1885), a British general who died defending the city of Khartoum in Sudan.
FULL FORMS
ENGLISH: Gorden, Gordon
EQUIVALENTS
ENGLISH: Gord, Gordy
SCOTTISH: Gordon