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Glennie
How to Pronounce Glennie
Pronounced GLEN-ee /ˈɡlɛn.i/High
Meaning: Glennie is a diminutive of Glenna or Glen, from the Gaelic gleann, 'valley' or 'glen.' The homey -ie ending made it a warm early-twentieth-century girls' name, its meaning inherited from that landscape word.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Glennie is a diminutive of Glenna and Glen, from the Gaelic gleann, meaning 'valley' or 'glen.' With the affectionate -ie ending popular in the early twentieth century, it became a cozy girls' name, and it crested around 1916.
Glennie faded steadily through the century and had largely disappeared from birth records by mid-century. A Glennie from her peak would be past a hundred today, a great-grandmother-era name. It reads as a true vintage diminutive and has not revived, though nature names and antique -ie forms draw fresh interest.
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What does the name Glennie mean?
Glennie is a diminutive of Glenna or Glen, from the Gaelic gleann, meaning 'valley' or 'glen.'
How do you pronounce Glennie?
It's said GLEN-ee /ˈɡlɛn.i/ — two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Glennie a boy or girl name?
Glennie was used mainly as a girl's name.
How popular is Glennie?
Glennie was a genuine early-twentieth-century diminutive that crested around nineteen-sixteen and then faded to rarity.