# Everyone named Gord is from Canada **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784 "2021-03-12T15:47:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/1 "2021-03-12T15:47:29Z")
I can’t recall hearing a US person who goes by Gord but I am sure there are some. Saw yet another Gord from Canada today. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/2 "2021-03-12T15:59:44Z")
Klaatu poutine curling eh. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/3 "2021-03-12T16:07:54Z")
At least one is. [![](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0902/5612/products/gordon_lightfoot_gords_gold_vinyl_front_cover.jpg?v=1583550858) ](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0902/5612/products/gordon_lightfoot_gords_gold_vinyl_front_cover.jpg?v=1583550858) ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/4 "2021-03-12T16:14:11Z")
never seen him called Gord ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/5 "2021-03-12T16:16:26Z")
Oh, when I saw the title I thought Gord as a last name. But Gord short for Gordon? Never even heard it. Gordie/Gordy, yeah, though most of the Gordons I’ve met were called… wait for it… Gordon. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/6 "2021-03-12T16:41:30Z")
I have the perfect reply for this thread, but it won’t let me post an image. I am annoyed. ---
**Author:** ![slash2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@slash2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slash2k)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/7 "2021-03-12T16:50:00Z")
The album posted is called “Gord’s Gold,” but Lightfoot is of course Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/8 "2021-03-12T16:52:55Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Oh, when I saw the title I thought Gord as a last name. > > But Gord short for Gordon? Never even heard it. Gordie/Gordy, yeah, though most of the Gordons I’ve met were called… > > wait for it… > > Gordon. Well, there was this one guy named Gordon, but everybody called him Alf, and he wasn’t Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/9 "2021-03-12T16:55:02Z")
Flash Gordon is from Canada? ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/10 "2021-03-12T16:57:47Z")
According to wikipedia all the famous people named Gord are… Canadians: > **[Gord (given name)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gord_(given_name))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Gord is a given name, usually a diminutive form of Gordon, and as such is seen as uniquely and idiosyncratically Canadian. > Notable people with the name include: The amusing thing is that in the UK, GORD is what we in the US would call GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease). In Britain its called Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, hence the O instead of the E… ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/11 "2021-03-12T17:03:40Z")
I mean, a super Canadian band even named their album “Gordon.” ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e34dd50f47db2803de8f2af815ea789e886976bb.jpeg) The Tragically Hip’s lead singer, one of Canada’s most beloved musicians ever, was a Gord. Feeling they were not sufficiently Canadian, they also made sure the bassist was named Gord. The most Canadian name possible is Gord MacKenzie, and yes, Canada is full of them. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/12 "2021-03-12T19:22:47Z")
My brother-in-law is called Gord. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/13 "2021-03-12T19:26:10Z")
Gord Tough, Kathleen Edwards’ guitarist, is both a terrific player and Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/14 "2021-03-12T20:19:14Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > The amusing thing is that in the UK, GORD is what we in the US would call GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease). In Britain its called Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, hence the O instead of the E… And to come full circle, “Gerd” is a popular German first name, on its own and sometimes as a short form of “Gerhard”. One of my cousins is called Gerd. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/15 "2021-03-12T20:37:00Z")
There appear to be many famous Gordons all over the world. Many of them are American … > **[Gordon (given name) | List of people](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_(given_name)#List_of_people)** > > 1.Saint Gordon of Rome or Saint Gordianus (d. 362), Roman saint martyred under Julian the Apostate | > 2.Gordon (slave) (fl. 1863), African-American slave and US Civil War soldier | > 3.Gordon Abbott (1914–1986), Australian rules footballer | > 4.Gordon Allport (1897–1967), American psychologist | > 5.Gord Ash (b. 1951), assistant general manager for the Milwaukee Brewers | > 6.Gordon Bajnai (b. 1968), Hungarian politician, ex-Prime Minister of Hungary | > 7.Gordon Banks (1937–2019), English football p... ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/16 "2021-03-12T20:49:46Z")
The first Gordon that comes to my mind though is an Englishman from Sheffield, Gordon Banks, legendary English football goalkeeper, the “Banks of England”. > **[Gordon Banks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Banks)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Gordon Banks OBE (30 December 1937 – 12 February 2019) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he made 679 appearances during a 20-year professional career, and won 73 caps for England, highlighted by starting every game of the nation's 1966 World Cup victory. > Banks joined Chesterfield in March 1953, and played for their youth team in the 1956 FA Youth C... ---
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I know a professor at McGill who goes by Gord. Full Canadian. Plays hockey at 60. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/18 "2021-03-12T21:02:50Z")
Just to re-emphasize the OP, this thread is about “Gord”, not “Gordon”. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784/19 "2021-03-12T21:14:12Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Just to re-emphasize the OP, this thread is about “Gord”, not “Gordon” And, interestingly, in the Wikipedia link to “Gordon” that @wolfpup shared, one of the names which shows up in the thumbnail is [Gord Ash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gord_Ash), an executive with the Milwaukee Brewers. Mr. Ash, not surprisingly, is from Toronto. ---
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[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JQD7ArOHpQI/hqdefault.jpg "The Red Green Show - Ranger Gord learns to speak Beaver. from Ep. 1 (1991)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQD7ArOHpQI) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-named-gord-is-from-canada/937784.md?page=2)