Glen Forename
3,217th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 324,524 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Martin
Glen Forename Definition:
A Teutonic name, meaning: A dale.
Glen Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 173,637 | 1:2,088 | 404 |
| Canada | 100% | 37,994 | 1:872 | 193 |
| Philippines | 92% | 25,201 | 1:4,207 | 718 |
| England | 100% | 22,886 | 1:2,430 | 371 |
| Australia | - | 19,468 | 1:702 | 156 |
| South Africa | 96% | 8,408 | 1:6,486 | 1,218 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,694 | 1:966 | 226 |
| Kenya | - | 3,433 | 1:13,489 | 1,550 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,003 | 1:10,384 | 1,539 |
| India | 100% | 1,797 | 1:676,059 | 49,762 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,619 | 1:159,335 | 16,274 |
| Papua New Guinea | 95% | 1,346 | 1:6,057 | 629 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,255 | 1:4,263 | 442 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,197 | 1:2,409 | 526 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,014 | 1:1,343 | 251 |
| Gabon | - | 922 | 1:2,043 | 490 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 921 | 1:2,001 | 326 |
| Ghana | - | 899 | 1:30,018 | 1,918 |
| Ireland | 100% | 786 | 1:5,908 | 541 |
| Wales | 100% | 599 | 1:5,166 | 607 |
| Bangladesh | - | 550 | 1:289,930 | 13,006 |
| Belgium | 100% | 546 | 1:21,044 | 1,571 |
| Congo | 98% | 470 | 1:10,658 | 1,354 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 464 | 1:36,427 | 2,792 |
| Denmark | - | 448 | 1:12,610 | 948 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 429 | 1:11,114 | 991 |
| Vanuatu | - | 398 | 1:658 | 164 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 387 | 1:78,041 | 3,870 |
| Ecuador | - | 386 | 1:45,925 | 1,694 |
| Saint Martin | - | 384 | 1:93 | 26 |
| Bahamas | - | 383 | 1:1,043 | 261 |
| Mexico | 99% | 353 | 1:351,684 | 4,716 |
| Sweden | 100% | 353 | 1:27,926 | 1,766 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 350 | 1:88,036 | 9,509 |
| Thailand | 100% | 344 | 1:203,680 | 13,335 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 326 | 1:93,405 | 6,673 |
| Colombia | 87% | 321 | 1:148,844 | 4,032 |
| Zimbabwe | 91% | 320 | 1:48,199 | 4,215 |
| Peru | 98% | 296 | 1:107,404 | 3,740 |
| Brazil | 100% | 291 | 1:736,207 | 21,308 |
| Germany | 100% | 291 | 1:332,226 | 4,132 |
| Chile | 99% | 272 | 1:64,732 | 2,030 |
| China | - | 272 | 1:5,022,264 | 55,859 |
| Norway | 100% | 266 | 1:19,294 | 1,178 |
| France | 100% | 264 | 1:251,782 | 3,699 |
| Malta | - | 261 | 1:1,645 | 336 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 247 | 1:42,232 | 3,015 |
| Singapore | 100% | 195 | 1:32,241 | 5,886 |
| Poland | 100% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| Fiji | - | 173 | 1:5,158 | 1,243 |
| Bahrain | - | 163 | 1:8,274 | 1,321 |
| Guyana | 100% | 155 | 1:4,924 | 901 |
| Japan | - | 148 | 1:864,771 | 14,166 |
| Honduras | 100% | 144 | 1:61,232 | 2,542 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 144 | 1:4,034 | 551 |
| Nicaragua | 96% | 141 | 1:42,683 | 2,240 |
| Belize | 100% | 130 | 1:2,725 | 625 |
| Zambia | - | 129 | 1:122,905 | 5,287 |
| Suriname | 100% | 115 | 1:4,807 | 1,027 |
| Albania | 99% | 113 | 1:26,961 | 3,096 |
| Taiwan | 60% | 111 | 1:214,141 | 18,464 |
| Russia | 86% | 107 | 1:1,347,979 | 10,418 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Botswana | - | 90 | 1:24,272 | 2,834 |
| Barbados | - | 87 | 1:3,331 | 615 |
| Malawi | 100% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Panama | 100% | 84 | 1:46,507 | 3,210 |
| Guam | - | 80 | 1:2,008 | 435 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 78 | 1:2,276,466 | 43,799 |
| Israel | 96% | 76 | 1:110,565 | 4,585 |
| Grenada | 100% | 75 | 1:1,442 | 297 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 75 | 1:95,360 | 7,772 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 73 | 1:220,663 | 3,158 |
| Saint Lucia | 95% | 73 | 1:2,436 | 452 |
| Spain | 100% | 71 | 1:655,352 | 7,233 |
| Cambodia | 98% | 66 | 1:246,566 | 7,236 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 65 | 1:4,156 | 621 |
| Portugal | - | 65 | 1:160,167 | 3,695 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 65 | 1:1,688 | 341 |
| Estonia | 100% | 60 | 1:21,923 | 1,795 |
| Namibia | - | 60 | 1:40,070 | 2,728 |
| Hong Kong | - | 58 | 1:133,668 | 2,996 |
| Switzerland | 99% | 56 | 1:146,670 | 3,910 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 55 | 1:1,115 | 251 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 48 | 1:1,538,075 | 40,404 |
| Finland | 91% | 45 | 1:121,849 | 2,615 |
| Jersey | - | 44 | 1:2,272 | 391 |
| Afghanistan | 92% | 38 | 1:858,514 | 11,307 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Gibraltar | - | 36 | 1:948 | 199 |
| Qatar | 100% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| Turkey | - | 35 | 1:2,222,906 | 15,005 |
| South Korea | - | 34 | 1:163,071 | 6,796 |
| Mongolia | - | 31 | 1:94,671 | 6,256 |
| Italy | 80% | 28 | 1:2,180,789 | 14,677 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 26 | 1:3,823 | 748 |
| Bermuda | - | 26 | 1:2,493 | 518 |
| Guernsey | - | 26 | 1:2,436 | 374 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 26 | 1:7,475,295 | 61,186 |
| Aruba | - | 25 | 1:4,151 | 831 |
| Sudan | - | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Iraq | - | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 23 | 1:2,377 | 477 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 22 | 1:982,296 | 26,157 |
| Argentina | 64% | 19 | 1:2,251,223 | 8,037 |
| Oman | - | 19 | 1:216,246 | 3,325 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 18 | 1:136,598 | 3,266 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 17 | 1:2,042 | 490 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 75% | 16 | 1:6,974 | 1,095 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 15 | 1:2,083 | 481 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 13 | 1:1,020 | 161 |
| El Salvador | - | 13 | 1:487,830 | 4,461 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 13 | 1:4,220 | 766 |
| Austria | 100% | 12 | 1:709,517 | 5,762 |
| Uganda | 71% | 12 | 1:3,413,077 | 36,062 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 11 | 1:211 | 26 |
| Egypt | - | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Ethiopia | - | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 9 | 1:5,865,369 | 30,875 |
| Belarus | 100% | 8 | 1:1,185,298 | 6,117 |
| Cyprus | - | 6 | 1:145,179 | 3,172 |
| Czechia | 100% | 6 | 1:1,776,027 | 4,577 |
| Liberia | 100% | 6 | 1:735,344 | 18,173 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Croatia | - | 5 | 1:843,415 | 7,845 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Micronesia | - | 5 | 1:21,300 | 626 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Turkmenistan | 50% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Bulgaria | - | 3 | 1:2,330,130 | 16,302 |
| Cuba | - | 3 | 1:3,835,517 | 8,849 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Greece | 100% | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Lesotho | - | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:17,077 | 2,297 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 3 | 1:1,943 | 243 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Glén (1), Glën (1) & Glễn (1) are calculated separately.
Glen (15,591) may also be a surname.
Glen Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Teutonic name, meaning: A dale.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Gaelic name, meaning: [From the] mountain dale.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Glen Forename Popularity
Glen Demographics
Glen Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 4 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Glen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Glen in the Russian language | ||
| Глен | glen | - |
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