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What does Glyn mean?
Glyn 
as a name for boys (also used as girls' name Glyn) is of Welsh origin, and the meaning of the name Glyn is "glen; valley of water". Glyn is a version of Glen (Irish, Gaelic): place name from Gaelic gleann. Glyn is also a variant of Glyndwr (Welsh): from glyn dwr.
ENDS WITH -lyn
Variations
VARIANTS Glynn, Glinn, Glin, Glenn▼, Gleann
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA GLEN, GLYNDWR Glendyn, Glenny
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Glyn Hiram (G.H.), ..
How popular is Glyn?
Glyn is a rare given name for males. Glyn is an equally rare last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Glyn entered the list in 1920-1929 and reached its top position of #1327 in the U.S. in the 1930s, but is not listed currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Glenn (#1230 FROM RECENT DATA), Glen (#1893) and Glynn are the popular alternative forms of Glyn rated in the Top 2000. Other variants, like Glendyn, are seldom used. These forms of Glyn were at the apex of their popularity in the 1950s (AVERAGE #637) and are now much less conventional (#1780, ▼97%), with forms like Glen becoming somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Recommended sound-alike names are Albyn, Allyn, Alvyn, Alwyn, Alyn, Amyn, Arlyn, Boyn, Bryn, Colyn, Dalyn, Deyn, Edyn, Elvyn, Elwyn, Emlyn, Evyn, Flyn, Galan, Galen▼, Galin, Galyn, Garlyn, Gavyn▼, Gay, Gayne, Gian, Gilon, Goyo, Gun, Gunn, Gutyn, Guy▼, Gwayn, Gwin, Gwyn, Gwynn, Gyan, Lyn, Nolyn, Olyn, Wayn and Wyn. These names tend to be more commonly used than Glyn.
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