Yarden
/ˈjɑːr.dən/noun
Yarden is a Hebrew given name and the Hebrew name for the Jordan River.
Did you know?Yarden is the Hebrew form behind Jordan, whose biblical river name was traditionally connected with the Hebrew root yarad, meaning “to descend.”
Etymological Timeline
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
יַרְדֵּן (Yardēn)
“The Jordan River; traditionally interpreted as “the descender””
Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew
יָרַד (yārad)
“To go down or descend”
4th Century BCE–1st Century CE
Greek
Ἰορδάνης (Iordánēs)
“The Jordan River, borrowed from Hebrew”
Late Antiquity
Latin
Iordanes / Iordanis
“The Jordan River”
Middle English
English
Jordan
“The biblical river; also used as a personal name”
Modern English
English
Yarden
“A Hebrew personal name and the Hebrew form of Jordan”