Glover

Where Glover comes from

Glover hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1879
    Glover Morrill Allen born
    U.S. zoologist
  2. 1885
    First appearance
    #765 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1899
    Peak, #714
    9 babies named Glover — more than any year before or since.
  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

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

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.