where does the last name rankin come from
Rankin (name) Rankin is a last name of Scottish and Irish origin. The name is derived from the medieval personal name Rankin, which is a diminutive of Ronald or Rand, combined with the diminutive suffix kin.[1]
Jordan (name) The name Jordan can refer to several things. As a name, it comes from the Hebrew ירדן‬ (Yarden), meaning "one who descends" or "to flow down". In Arabic it is Urdunn, in Italian Giordano, in Spanish Jordán, in Portuguese Jordão, in Dutch Jordaan, in French Jourdain, in Irish Iordáin, in Romanian, Iordan, in Serbian, Srđan, and in Catalan Jordà. Jordan can be either a given name or a surname. As a given name, the English form is unisex, but other languages have feminine forms (in Italian Giordana, in Spanish and Portuguese Jordana, in French Jourdaine, etc.).