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Geordie is a nickname for someone from Newcastle (or that region) so I don't really see it as a name. It seems a bit too juvenile to be used as a full name, but it would work as a nickname for George.

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I don't think Geo really works. I say Geo "jee-oh" but Geordie is "jor-dee", so the sounds are different.

No... It's the accent of people in a certain section of England that act vaguely similar to the Jersey Shore.

To me a Geordie is a person from Newcastle. I know that won't be a common association in the US though. I prefer George or Jordan.

"Geordies" are people from Newcastle. It sounds nicknamey and childish anyway.

It sounds like a babyish nn for Jordan, and looks like a pretentious attempt to be different.

I watched STNG for years, with LeVar Burton playing Geordi La Forge, but I never got used to his name. It's very nicknamey and very young. I'd rather see George or Jordan, nn Geordie/Jordy, than Geordie as a standalone.

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I like it but think it's too nicknamey on its own. It is pretty juvenile, I knew an adult (my age) George nn Geordie and it projected that on him. It was fine since it was just his nn, but I don't think it would be good if you didn't have formal George to fall back on.

Geordie is the nickname for a person from Newcastle and there is a show called Geordie Shore which is a bit like TOWIE - for those outside of Britian who have no idea it's a really bad reality TV show that does nothing for the place it is filmed. I like it as a nickname for George but not as a full first name. :)

I find it silly as a full name, but perfectly OK as a nn for George - and Geo could work for both. And also for Geordan, which is being used in the UK and Ireland, presumably as a merger between George and Jordan.

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That said, I wouldn't use Geordie myself since it's also a regional nickname.