Glover

Where Glover comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Glover.

Glover through the years
  1. 1879
    Glover Morrill Allen born
    U.S. zoologist
  2. 1885
    First appearance
    #765 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1899
    Peak, #714
    9 babies named Glover, its best rank.
  4. 1902
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  5. 1979
    Glover Teixeira born
    Brazilian mixed martial artist
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Glover Morrill Allen · U.S. zoologist, 1879–1942
  • Glover Teixeira · Brazilian mixed martial artist, born 1979
  • Glover H. Cary · American politician, 1885–1936
  • Glover Edwin Ruckstell · US-american engineer and racecar driver, 1891–1963

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.