Given name
Glenwood
“from the forest near the glen”
Glenwood is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “from the forest near the glen.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the forest near the glen.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Glenwood through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,247
- 2,247 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 66 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 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 66 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 870 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Glenwood’s family of names
Glenwood has a related form in Glenwode.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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