Given name & surname
Glynn
“from the secluded narrow valley”·“from the valley between the hills”
Glynn is a variant of Glen. One interpretation is “from the secluded narrow valley.” Glynn is a variant of Glenna. One interpretation is “from the valley between the hills.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Glynn is a variant of Glen. One interpretation is “from the secluded narrow valley.” Glynn is a variant of Glenna. One interpretation is “from the valley between the hills.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Glynn is a variant of Glyn. An origin associated with Glyn is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
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
Glynn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,360
- 4,943 boys · 417 girls
- Most popular year
- 1950
- 141 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 92% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 131 in 1950. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,887 as a first name in 2020; 9,304 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.
Glynn’s family of names
Glynn has a related form in Glen. Glynn has a related form in Glenna. Glynn has a related form in Glyn.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Glynn
- Glynn TurmanAmerican actorborn 1947
- Glynn LunneyNASA engineer (1936-2021)
- Glynn SaultersAmerican basketball playerborn 1945
- Glynn IsaacSouth African archeologist (1937–1985)
- Glynn Watson Jr.American basketball player (born 1997)
- Glynn PedersenCanadian-British ski jumperborn 1981
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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