Glena
A girls’ name of Scottish Gaelic origin, meaning from the glen; a feminine form of glen.
Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies
Glena by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Glena.
Its American peak was 31 babies in 1950, making it a 1950s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Glena. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Glendafair and good; from glen and da24 in the US (2017)
- Gelenatorch or shining light; a form of Helen11 in the US (2017)
- Glennavalley; a form of glenn11 in the US (2017)
- Genahospitable or welcoming; a form of Gina7 in the US (2017)
- Galenacalm; peaceful; mineral lead sulfide6 in the US (2017)
- Geena8 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Glena, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
- Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
- Everlywild boar meadow; form of Everley3,510 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Glena
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