Girl · Welsh
Glenys
Say it: GLEN-is
Meaning
A 19th-century Welsh coinage, generally linked to glân 'pure, holy, clean'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 570 babies given this name since 1911
- At its height in 1925, about 1 in 52,900 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Glenis, Glynis
Famous bearers
- Glenys Kinnock, Welsh politician
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.