Given name
Glin
“from the secluded narrow valley”
Glin is a variant of Glen. One interpretation is “from the secluded narrow valley.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Glin is a variant of Glen. One interpretation is “from the secluded narrow valley.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Glin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 17 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 6 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 6 in 1930. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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