Given name & surname
Glennie
“from the secluded narrow valley”·“from the valley between the hills”
Glennie is a variant of Glen. One interpretation is “from the secluded narrow valley.” Glennie is a variant of Glenna. One interpretation is “from the valley between the hills.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Glennie is a variant of Glen. One interpretation is “from the secluded narrow valley.” Glennie is a variant of Glenna. One interpretation is “from the valley between the hills.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Glennie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,225
- 294 boys · 1,931 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 63 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1973. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 588 as a first name in 2020; 437 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Glennie’s family of names
Glennie has a related form in Glen. Glennie has a related form in Glenna.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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