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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Glenn, John Glenn, John Herschel Glenn Jr.noun

    made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate (1921-)

Wiktionary

  1. Glennnoun

    A surname, variant of Glen.

  2. Glennnoun

    A male given name transferred from the surname, fairly popular in the middle of the 20th century.

    The Glen was the prettiest place she knew, so pretty she thought she ought to name her first baby after it. With another "n" added "to make it look more like a name", she called him Glenn Hammond Curtiss. The middle name was taken from the town itself, or its first settler, Lazarus Hammond. The whimsy of naming her son after a local landmark was typical of Lua Curtiss. Then too a name like Glenn Hammond Curtiss has sweep and resonance, was much less commonplace than Harry or Jim or Charlie; or Frank, like his father.

  3. Glennnoun

    A female given name transferred from the surname.

ChatGPT

  1. glenn

    As a name, Glenn is of Gaelic origin and typically used for boys. It means "valley". In names, it can be used both as a first name and a surname. However, it could also be referring to Glenn County in California, USA. The context would provide more specifics.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. GLENN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Glenn is ranked #669 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Glenn surname appeared 51,043 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 17 would have the surname Glenn.

    61.4% or 31,346 total occurrences were White.
    32.7% or 16,732 total occurrences were Black.
    2.3% or 1,220 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.3% or 1,184 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.6% or 322 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.4% or 245 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Glenn in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Glenn in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Glenn in a Sentence

  1. Terry McAuliffe:

    Donald Trump is not liked here in the commonwealth of Virginia Beach. People remember Charlottesville, when Donald Trump failed Terry McAuliffe that day, horrible day, when he said there were fine people on both sides, people want to be lifted up ; Donald Trump is hate and division. Donald Trump wants to run again in 2024. I think Donald Trump wants to use this... as a launch pad for that. That is why Donald Trump has endorsed Glenn Youngkin seven or eight times, seven or eight times.

  2. Mike DuHaime:

    Glenn Youngkin clearly wants this to be a race that is decided on state and local issues and Democrats want it to be about federal issues. But that is what you would usually see in a very blue state.

  3. Ayden Projain:

    They're both Donald Trump and they stand for a lot of the same things, but I think Glenn Youngkin might be trying to be more friendly to independents.

  4. The Lincoln Project:

    Today’s demonstration was our way of reminding Virginians what happened in Charlottesville four years ago, the Republican Party’s embrace of those values, and Glenn Youngkin’s failure to condemn it.

  5. Terry McAuliffe:

    Growing our economy, that's job number one -- but not for Glenn Youngkin.

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