Glen
Glen is a boy name of Scottish origin, meaning From the valley.
What Glen means
From the valley.
Glen is short — 4 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Glen comes from
Scottish names draw on both Gaelic and Scots, and many began as clan or place names before becoming personal ones.
Glen is recorded as Scottish in origin. Browse other Scottish names.
How popular is Glen?
Glen sits outside the top 100 boy names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Glen
Two ideas meet in Glen: the natural world and Earth. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Glen
These share Glen's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Logan — From the little hollow.
- Bradley — Broad meadow.
- Bryn — Hill; a high mound.
- Camden — Winding valley.
- Canyon — A deep gorge in the earth.
- Dale — From the valley.
- Heath — The open moorland.
- Holden — From the deep valley.
- Landon — From the long hill.
- Ridge — From the mountain crest.
- Stanley — Dweller by the stony meadow.
- Avani — The earth.
More Scottish names
- Ewan — Born of the yew tree.
- Gordon — From the great hill.
- Duncan — Dark warrior; brown chief.
- Graham — Gravelly homestead.
- Douglas — From the dark river.
- Iain — God is gracious.
- Donald — World ruler; great chief.
- Jamie — Supplanter; one who follows.
- Callum — Dove; peace.
- Kenneth — Handsome; born of fire.