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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.

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  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. Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam.The McAuliffe:

    We can not let Glenn Youngkin do to Virginia what Donald Trump has done to our country, think about that.

  2. Glenn Youngkin:

    He knows exactly where I stand, i'm Glenn Youngkin running in Virginia. I'm on the ballot. It's Glenn Youngkin running in Virginia.

  3. Terry McAuliffe:

    Anytime, anywhere you want, you want to do a 24/7 special, I’ll do it, he’s been invited on – I think I’ve done six, 10 shows in the last week. Every single show says the same thing at the end. ‘We invited Glenn Youngkin, he refuses' – You are running for governor! He’s got to quit hiding. He wouldn’t debate me for months. I mean, it is just insane. You are running for governor. How can you not answer tough questions?

  4. Sheriff Mike Lewis:

    Deputy First Class Glenn Hilliard was... married with three beautiful children.

  5. Bill Browder:

    Glenn Simpson was pitching a story to journalists that Magnitsky had not been murdered, but died of natural causes; that he wasn’t a whistleblower, but a criminal, and that the story I told Congress was incorrect.

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