THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Glenn
Glenn is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Glenn Chong, Glenn Capacio. This snapshot links the name to 7 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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English
- /ɡlɛn/General-American · Received-Pronunciation
- /ɡlɪn/pin-pen-merger
Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
A male given name transferred from the surname, fairly popular in the middle of the 20th century.; A female given name transferred from the surname.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Glenn
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Glenn Chong
Philippine lawyer and accountant
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Glenn Capacio
basketball coach
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
14
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
7
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Glenn Chong, Glenn Capacio
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Glenn in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Glenn
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Glen·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Glecy·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Glenda♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Glennie♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Glona♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Jenn♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Glo♀Short form of Gloria
- Glory·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Glenn?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Recorded combinations with Glenn
4 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Glenn Albert·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Glenn George·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Glenn Troy·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Harris Glenn·Recorded Philippine given-name form
Explore Glenn further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q19802199 — Glenn (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Glenn Chong (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q19802199 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Glenn Capacio (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q19802199 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Glenn (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.