Glenn - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Glenn \g-le-nn\, also used as girl's name Glenn, is a variant of Glen (Irish, Gaelic), and the meaning of Glenn is "glen".

The baby name Glenn sounds like Glynn, Glinn, Glenny and Gleann. Other similar baby names are Alen, Alann, Cleon, Kleon, Flann, Flynn, Flinn, Galen, Galeno, Gilean, Glyn, Glin, Glennon, Glennie, Gunn, Gwynn, Gwinn, Guinn, Jalenn, Kenn, Klein, Lenn and Olen.

Glenn is a very common first name for men (#117 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#573 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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