Glen Family History
Glen Name Meaning
Scottish (central Scotland): habitational name from Glen in Traquair (Peebleshire). The placename is derived from Gaelic gleann ‘glen valley’. English: habitational name from a place so called in Leicestershire so named from an Old English word glean ‘glen valley’ (from Celtic glinn). Jewish (Ashkenazic): presumably an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish names.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022