Glen

Where Glen comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Glen.

  • 1 syllable
Glen through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #350 among boys, with 24 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1931
    Peak, #112
    1,563 babies named Glen, its best rank.
  3. 1936
    Glen Campbell born
    American musician
  4. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #261.
  5. 1984
    Glen Johnson born
    English association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Glen Johnson · English association football player, born 1984
  • Glen Campbell · American musician, 1936–2017
  • Glen Powell · American actor, born 1988
  • Glen Hansard · Irish musician and songwriter, 1970–2026
  • Glen Kamara · Finnish association football player, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.