Glendon

Where Glendon comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Glendon.

Glendon through the years
  1. 1904
    First appearance
    #1,205 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1918
    Glendon Swarthout born
    American western author and novelist
  3. 1933
    Peak, #624
    86 babies named Glendon, its best rank.
  4. 1946
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,045.
  5. 1974
    Glendon Rusch born
    American baseball player
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Glendon Swarthout · American western author and novelist, 1918–1992
  • Glendon Rusch · American baseball player, born 1974

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.