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 football 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 football 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 Palacios - A fictional character in Red Band Society (TV series).
• 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.