Given name & surname
Glynis
“from the narrow valley”
Glynis is used as a given name and a surname. One Welsh interpretation is “from the narrow valley.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Welsh interpretation is “from the narrow valley.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1939. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Glynis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,024
- 10 boys · 2,014 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 283 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 girls is 5 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 278 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,003 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.
Glynis’s family of names
Glynis has a related form in Glennis. In English usage, Glynis has a related form in Glenys. Glynis is a form of Glenys.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Glynisslikely variant
- Glynnisvariant
- Glynicevariant
- Glennisvariant
- Glenysvariant · English
- Glynnesvariant
- Glynaevariant
- Glinyssvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Glynis
- Glynis JohnsBritish actress (1923–2024)
- Glynis BarberSouth African actressborn 1955
- Glynis NunnAustralian heptathleteborn 1960
- Glynis ColesBritish tennis playerborn 1954
- Glynis V. CronSouth African botanistborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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