Given name
Glynnis
“from the narrow valley”
Glynnis is a variant of Glynis. One Welsh interpretation is “from the narrow valley.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Glynnis is a variant of Glynis. One Welsh interpretation is “from the narrow valley.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Glynnis is a variant of Glynis. An origin associated with Glynis is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Glynnis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 559
- 0 boys · 559 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 40 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 40 in 1964. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 583 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.
Glynnis’s family of names
Glynnis has a related form in Glynis.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Glynnis
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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