> "Jordan" goes some ways back [...] The Great Gatsby Jordan is a river in the Middle East (also in the Bible) and more recently a country near such river. Lik

> "Jordan" goes some ways back [...] The Great Gatsby Jordan is a river in the Middle East (also in the Bible) and more recently a country near such river. Like Brooklyn or Paris, it is a topological name that was co-opted into a first name. As such, it could always be used for either sex. (Yes, Paris is also a male name found in the Iliad, but that doesn't share the etymology with the city of Paris, which is what most people refer to nowadays.)