Jordi

Jordi is the Catalan form of the ancient Greek name Georgios. 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 23 with similarities to Valentine's Day, traditionally men give women roses and women give men a book to celebrate the occasion.

Academics and business

 * Jordi Canals – economist and former business school dean
 * Jordi Galí – macroeconomist, professor, and author
 * Jordi Guimet – information engineer and pioneer in geographic systems
 * Jordi Montana – industrial design expert and Rector of the University of Vic
 * Jordi Nadal – economist and historian
 * Jordi Ustrell Aguilà – computer engineer and pioneer of Internet banking

Activism

 * Jordi Casamitjana

Art and media

 * Jordi Bernet – Spanish comics artist who used Jordi as a pseudonym in the 60s and 70s
 * Jordi Bonet – Catalan-born Canadian painter, ceramist, muralist, and sculptor
 * Jordi Caballero – movie and television actor, dancer, choreographer and producer
 * Jordi Davieson – lead vocals and guitar for Australian four-piece indie pop band San Cisco
 * Jordi Galceran – Catalan playwright and author
 * Jordi James – lead singer of the British band Sugarthief
 * Jordi Mollà – Barcelona-born actor, filmmaker, writer, and artist
 * Jordi Morgan – radio and television broadcaster in Nova Scotia, Canada
 * Jordi El Niño Polla (born 1994), Spanish pornographic actor
 * Jordi Palacios, fictional character in Red Band Society (TV series)
 * Jordi Roca – pastry chef of the restaurant El Celler de Can Roca
 * Jordi Vilasuso – Cuban-American actor
 * Jordi Webber – member of New Zealand band Titanium
 * Jordi Savall – Catalan violist

Military and politics

 * Jordi Cuixart – president of Òmnium Cultural, which preserves and promotes Catalan culture
 * Jordi Darmstadt – Prince George Louis of Hessen-Darmstadt, Field Marshal in the Austrian army
 * Jordi Farragut – United States Navy officer during the American Revolutionary War
 * Jordi Font Mariné (born 1955), Andorran politician
 * Jordi Hereu – former mayor of Barcelona
 * Jordi Pujol – former president of Catalonia
 * Jordi Salvador (born 1964), Catalan politician
 * Jordi Sànchez i Picanyol – president of the Catalan National Assembly, an organization promoting Catalan independence

Sport

 * Jordi Aláez – Andorran footballer
 * Jordi Alba – Spanish/Catalan football player for FC Barcelona and the Spain national football team
 * Jordi Amat (footballer) – Indonesian footballer
 * Jordi Bitter – Dutch footballer
 * Jordi Codina – professional footballer who plays for Getafe CF as a goalkeeper
 * Jordi Cruyff – Dutch football player and son of Johan Cruyff
 * Jordi Fernández - Spanish basketball coach
 * Jordi Gómez – Barcelona-born professional footballer who plays for Sunderland
 * Jordi Figueras Montel – Spanish footballer commonly known as Jordi
 * Jordi Hoogstrate – retired Dutch footballer
 * Jordi Masip – goalkeeper for Real Valladolid
 * Jordi Murphy – Barcelona-born Irish rugby player
 * Jordi Pasqualin – English rugby player
 * Jordi Roura – Spanish/Catalan former football player and current FC Barcelona academy
 * Jordi Tarrés (footballer) (born 1981), Hong Kong footballer
 * Jordi Tarrés (motorcycle trials rider) - Spanish trials rider
 * Jordi Valadon – Australian professional footballer
 * Jordi van Gelderen – Dutch professional footballer
 * Jordi Vanlerberghe – Belgian professional footballer
 * Jordi Xumetra – professional footballer who plays for Real Zaragoza

In popular culture

 * Jordi (album), a 2021 album by Maroon 5
 * 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