Names

Topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, from Welsh glyn and Cornish glin, or a habitational name from a place named with this word.

Derived from Gniewek, a diminutive of Zbigniew, Jarogniew, or other names containing gniew “anger”.

Occupational name for a person who made or sold gloves, from Middle English glovere.

Derived from Middle High German glocke “bell”. It may have referred to a person who worked at or lived close to a bell tower.

Derived from Gaelic gleann “valley”. A famous bearer was American astronaut John Glenn (1921-2016).

Variant of Glenn.

Means “glass worker, glazier”, from Old English glæs meaning “glass”.

From Old English glæs or Old High German glas meaning “glass”. This was an occupational name for a glass blower or glazier.

German and Dutch cognate of Glass.

Variant of Gladwin.