Glenna
A unisex name of Irish origin, meaning valley; a form of glenn.
Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Glenna by the numbers
Glenna was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 645 babies in 1951, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Glenna. 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)
Sounds like Glenna
Names that are said the same way as Glenna, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Glenafrom the glen; a feminine form of glen4 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Glenna, 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)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Glenna
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