Jordi
Jordi (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈʒɔrði]) is the Catalan form of the given name George. Jordi is a popular name in Catalonia and is also given in the Netherlands and in Spanish, English and German speaking countries.
Jordi may also refer to:
- Sant Jordi - Patron saint of Aragon and Catalonia
- La Diada de Sant Jordi - Catalan holiday held on April 23rd with similarities to Valentine's Day, traditionally men give women roses and women give men a book to celebrate the occasion.
People
- Jordi Alba - Spanish/Catalan soccer player for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national football team
- Jordi Amat - Catalan professional footballer who plays for Swansea City
- Jordi Bernet - Spanish comics artist who used Jordi as a pseudonym in the 60s and 70s
- Jordi Bitter - Dutch footballer
- Jordi Bonet - Catalan-born Canadian painter, ceramist, muralist, and sculptor
- Jordi Caballero - movie and television actor, dancer, choreographer and producer
- Jordi Codina - Professional footballer who plays for Getafe CF as a goalkeeper
- Jordi Cruyff - Dutch soccer player and son of Johan Cruyff
- Jordi Darmstadt - Prince George Louis of Hessen-Darmstadt, Field Marshal in the Austrian army
- Jordi Davieson - lead vocals and guitar for Australian four-piece indie pop band San Cisco
- Jordi Galceran - Catalan playwright and author
- Jordi Gómez - Barcelona born professional footballer who plays for Sunderland
- Jordi Farragut - United States Navy officer during the American Revolutionary War
- Jordi Figueras Montel - Spanish soccer player commonly known as Jordi
- Jordi Hoogstrate - retired Dutch footballer
- Jordi Masip - goalkeeper for FC Barcelona
- Jordi Mollà - Barcelona born actor, filmmaker, writer, and artist
- Jordi Morgan - radio and television broadcaster in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Jordi Murphy - Barcelona born Irish rugby player
- Jordi Pasqualin - English rugby player
- Jordi Pujol - Former president of Catalonia
- Jordi Roca - pastry chef of the restaurant El Celler de Can Roca
- Jordi Roura - Spanish/Catalan former football player and current FC Barcelona academy director
- Jordi Savall - Catalan violist
- Jordi Tixier - French motocross rider
- Jordi van Gelderen - Dutch professional footballer
- Jordi Vanlerberghe - Belgian professional footballer
- Jordi Vilasuso - Cuban-American actor
- Jordi Webber - member of New Zealand band Titanium
- Jordi Xumetra - professional footballer who plays for Levante UD
In Popular Culture
- Jordi Palacios - character played by Nolan Sotillo on FOX comedy-drama Red Band Society
- Jordi's Star - children's book by author Alma Flor Ada
- Palau Sant Jordi - the main indoor sporting arena in Barcelona, Spain.
See also
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