Glenn is a surname derived from the Irish/Scottish Gaelic word gleann. In the 19th century, Glenn also became common as a given name in English speaking cultures.

In Sweden, Glenn is a very common first name in the western parts of the country but especially Gothenburg

Gothenburg

Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...

, originally due to a large and influential population of emigrated Scotsmen, especially in the city's early centuries. The name was very prevalent in the local football team IFK Göteborg

IFK Göteborg

IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....

 which in the early 1980s had no fewer than four players named Glenn, including Glenn Hysén

Glenn Hysén

Glenn Ingvar Hysén is a football manager and former player who played for leading Dutch, Italian and English clubs and won 68 caps for Sweden...

 and Glenn Strömberg

Glenn Strömberg

Glenn Peter Strömberg is a Swedish former footballer. He won the 1982 UEFA Cup with IFK Göteborg. Apart from Göteborg, he has also played for Benfica and Atalanta. He was voted Swedish footballer of the year, winning Guldbollen 1985. For his majestic way of playing in the midfield he was nicknamed...

. This inspired supporters of opposing teams to use a chant called "Alla heter Glenn i Göteborg" (Everyone's called Glenn in Gothenburg). However, this chant is now primarily used by fans of IFK Göteborg

IFK Göteborg

IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....

 themselves.

Glenn may refer to:
In music

• Glenn Danzig
  Glenn Danzig
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   (born 1955), American rock musician
• Glenn Frey
  Glenn Frey
  Glenn Lewis Frey is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and actor, best known as a founding member of the Eagles. Frey formed the Eagles after he met drummer Don Henley in 1970 and the two eventually joined Linda Ronstadt's backup band for her summer tour. The Eagles formed in 1971 and...
  
   (born 1948), American rock musician known for his work with The Eagles
• Glen Hansard
  Glen Hansard
  Glen Hansard is the Academy Award–winning principal songwriter and vocalist/guitarist for Irish group The Frames and one half of folk rock duo, The Swell Season...
  
   (born 1970), Irish singer/songwriter
• Glenn Gould
  Glenn Gould
  Glenn Herbert Gould was a Canadian pianist who became one of the best-known and most celebrated classical pianists of the 20th century. He was particularly renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard music of Johann Sebastian Bach...
  
   (1932–1982), Canadian pianist
• Glenn Hughes (born 1952), English rock musician
• Glenn Hughes (Village People) (1950–2001), musician known for his work with The Village People
• Glenn Miller
  Glenn Miller
  Alton Glenn Miller was an American jazz musician , arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1943, leading one of the best known "Big Bands"...
  
   (1904–1944), American jazz musician
• Glenn Tilbrook
  Glenn Tilbrook
  Glenn Martin Tilbrook is the lead singer and guitarist of the English band Squeeze, a band formed in the mid 1970s who broke through in the new wave era at the decade's end. He generally wrote the melody for Squeeze, while his writing partner, Chris Difford, wrote the lyrics...
  
   (born 1957), British musician
• Glenn Tipton
  Glenn Tipton
  Glenn Tipton is one of the Grammy Award-winning guitarists for the heavy metal band Judas Priest...
  
   (born 1948), English rock musician
• Glenn Yarbrough
  Glenn Yarbrough
  Glenn Yarbrough is an American folk singer. He was the lead singer with The Limeliters between 1959 and 1963, and had a prolific solo career, recording on various labels.-Biography:...
  
   (born 1930), American folk singer
• The Extra Glenns
  The Extra Glenns
  The Extra Lens, formerly known as The Extra Glenns, are a band made up of Franklin Bruno of Nothing Painted Blue and John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats. They were something of an underground legend in the '90s, recording tracks for singles and some compilations...
  
  , American musical duo in the 1990s

In other fields

• Glenn Beck
  Glenn Beck
  Glenn Edward Lee Beck is an American conservative radio host, vlogger, author, entrepreneur, political commentator and former television host. He hosts the Glenn Beck Program, a nationally syndicated talk-radio show that airs throughout the United States on Premiere Radio Networks...
  
   (born 1964), American talk-radio and television host
• Glenn Close
  Glenn Close
  Glenn Close is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and...
  
   (born 1947), American actress
• Glenn Corbett
  Glenn Corbett
  Glenn Corbett was an American actor best known for his role on CBS's adventure drama Route 66.-Acting career:...
  
   (1930–1993), American actor
• Glenn Ford
  Glenn Ford
  Glenn Ford was a Canadian-born American actor from Hollywood's Golden Era with a career that spanned seven decades...
  
   (1916–2006), American actor
• Glenn Greenwald
  Glenn Greenwald
  Glenn Greenwald is an American lawyer, columnist, blogger, and author. Greenwald worked as a constitutional and civil rights litigator before becoming a contributor to Salon.com, where he focuses on political and legal topics...
  
   (born 1967), American author and blogger
• Glenn Hoddle
  Glenn Hoddle
  Glenn Hoddle is an English former footballer and manager who played as an attacking midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur, AS Monaco, Chelsea and Swindon Town and at international level for England....
  
   (born 1957), English footballer
• Glenn Hysén
  Glenn Hysén
  Glenn Ingvar Hysén is a football manager and former player who played for leading Dutch, Italian and English clubs and won 68 caps for Sweden...
  
   (born 1959), Swedish football player
• Glenn Jacobs, pro wrestler
• Glenn Johnson (born 1984), English footballer
• Glenn L. Martin (born 1886), aviation pioneer
• Glenn Lazarus
  Glenn Lazarus
  Glenn Patrick Lazarus is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s who has been named amongst the nation's finest of the 20th century. He primarily played at prop forward, representing Australia internationally and New South Wales in State of Origin...
  
   (born 1965), Australian rugby league footballer
• Glenn Loovens
  Glenn Loovens
  Glenn Loovens is a Dutch professional footballer currently playing as a centre back for Celtic in the Scottish Premier League...
  
   (born 1983), Dutch football player
• Glenn McGrath
  Glenn McGrath
  Glenn Donald McGrath AM , nicknamed "Pigeon", is a former Australian cricket player. He is one of the most highly regarded fast-medium pace bowlers in cricketing history, and a leading contributor to Australia's domination of world cricket from the mid-1990s to the early 21st century...
  
   (born 1970), Australian cricketer
• Glenn Quinn
  Glenn Quinn
  Glenn Martin Christopher Francis Quinn was an Irish actor in television and film, known for playing Mark Healy in the American sitcom Roseanne, and Doyle, a half-demon, on the 1999–2004 television series Angel, a spin-off series of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.-Early life:Quinn...
  
   (1970–2002), Irish actor
• Glenn Rubenstein
  Glenn Rubenstein
  Glenn Rubenstein is a writer, director, musician, and journalist based in Northern California.-Journalism:Glenn Rubenstein has been a columnist for the San Francisco Examiner, Sports Illustrated for Kids, CNET's GameCenter, Wizard Magazine, and many other national publications...
  
   (born 1976), American journalist
• Glenn Ross
  Glenn Ross
  Glenn Ross known by his nickname "Big Daddy", is a Northern Irish International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions...
  
   (born 1971), British strongman/powerlifter
• Glenn T. Seaborg
  Glenn T. Seaborg
  Glenn Theodore Seaborg was an American scientist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements", contributed to the discovery and isolation of ten elements, and developed the actinide concept, which led to the current arrangement of the...
  
   (1912–1999), American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• Glenn Sears
  Glenn Sears
  Glenn Sears, born in Apex, North Carolina, is a retired professional race car driver who competed in limited NASCAR Busch Series races in the 1980s. Sears was a champion at Wake County Speedway and Southern National Champion in North Carolina as well as winning several NASCAR Sportsman series...
  
  , retired American race car driver
• Glenn Strange
  Glenn Strange
  Glenn Strange was an American actor who appeared mostly in Western films. He is best known for playing the Frankenstein Monster in three Universal films during the 1940s and for his role as Sam Noonan, the bartender on CBS's Gunsmoke television series...
  
   (1899–1973), American actor
• Glenn Strömberg
  Glenn Strömberg
  Glenn Peter Strömberg is a Swedish former footballer. He won the 1982 UEFA Cup with IFK Göteborg. Apart from Göteborg, he has also played for Benfica and Atalanta. He was voted Swedish footballer of the year, winning Guldbollen 1985. For his majestic way of playing in the midfield he was nicknamed...
  
   (born 1960), Swedish football player
• Glenn Turner
  Glenn Turner
  Glenn Maitland Turner played cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's best and most prolific batsmen. He is the current head of the New Zealand Cricket selection panel....
  
   (born 1947), New Zealand cricketer
• Glenn Whelan
  Glenn Whelan
  Glenn David Whelan is an Irish footballer who plays as a centre midfielder from Premier League club Stoke City and the Republic of Ireland national team....
  
   (born 1984), Irish footballer
• Glenn Withrow
  Glenn Withrow
  Glenn Withrow is an American actor, director, producer and writer.-Personal life:Withrow was born in Highland Heights, Kentucky in 1953. He is married to actress Hallie Todd...
  
   (born 1953), American actor
• Glenn Young
  Glenn Young
  Glenn Young is a former American football defensive back in the National Football League who played for the Green Bay Packers. Young played his college football at Purdue University and played four professional games with the Green Bay Packers in 1956.-References:...
  
   (born 1929), American football (NFL) player

Fictional

• Glenn (A.k.A Frog), from the video game Chrono Trigger
  Chrono Trigger
  is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995. Chrono Triggers development team included three designers that Square dubbed the "Dream Team": Hironobu Sakaguchi, the creator of Square's Final Fantasy series; Yuji Horii, a...
  
  
• Glenn, from the video game Chrono Cross
  Chrono Cross
  is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console. It is the sequel to Chrono Trigger, which was released in 1995 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System...
  
  
• Glenn Martin, a fictional character in Nickelodeon's TV series Glenn Martin, DDS
  Glenn Martin, DDS
  Glenn Martin, DDS is an American stop-motion-animated television series that premiered on Nick at Nite on August 17, 2009. The series is produced by Tornante Animation in association with Cuppa Coffee Studio...
  
  
• Glenn Quagmire
  Glenn Quagmire
  Glenn Quagmire, often referred to as just Quagmire, is a character from the animated television series Family Guy. Quagmire is a neighbor and friend of the Griffin family. He is best known for his hypersexuality...
  
  , from the animated American television sitcom Family Guy

Surname

• Aaron Glenn
  Aaron Glenn
  Aaron DeVon Glenn is a retired American football cornerback. He last played for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League, although he joined the Houston Texans prior to retirement so he could retire with his former team. He was originally drafted by the New York Jets in the first...
  
  , American football cornerback
• Alice Glenn
  Alice Glenn
  Alice Glenn is a former Irish Fine Gael politician.-Early and private life:Alice Glenn was born in Dublin in 1927. She was educated locally before attending the Haslem School of Dress Designing...
  
  , former Irish Fine Gael politician
• Annie Glenn
  Annie Glenn
  Annie Glenn, born Anna Margaret Castor , is the wife of former astronaut and Senator John Glenn.-Private life:Annie was born in 1920 to Homer and Margaret Castor of Columbus, Ohio. In 1923, Dr. Castor and his family moved to New Concord, Ohio, where they became friends with the family of John...
  
  , wife of former astronaut and Senator John Glenn
• Ariel Glenn, discoverer of the 25th Mersenne prime
• Christopher Glenn
  Christopher Glenn
  Joseph Christopher Glenn was an American radio and television news journalist who worked in broadcasting for over 45 years and spent the final 35 years of his career at CBS, retiring in 2006 at the age of 68.-Early life:...
  
  , American radio and television news journalist
• Darrell Glenn
  Darrell Glenn
  Darrell Glenn made his mark in the music business with his 1953 recording of "Crying In the Chapel", written by his dad, Artie Glenn....
  
  , American pop singer
• Ed Glenn (1860–1892), American baseball player
• George Glenn, fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
• Glen Glenn (singer)
  Glen Glenn (singer)
  Orin Glenn Troutman , known professionally as Glen Glenn, is an American rockabilly singer whose career began in the early 1950s and continues to this day.He was born in Joplin, Missouri...
  
   (born 1934), American rockabilly singer
• Joe Glenn (American football)
  Joe Glenn (American Football)
  Joe Glenn was the 30th head coach at the University of Wyoming since the school began playing football in 1893. Glenn took over Wyoming's football program in December 2002 after Wyoming fired the previous coach, Vic Koenning...
  
  , head coach at the University of Wyoming
• John Glenn
  John Glenn
  John Herschel Glenn, Jr. is a former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut, and United States senator who was the first American to orbit the Earth and the third American in space. Glenn was a Marine Corps fighter pilot before joining NASA's Mercury program as a member of NASA's original...
  
   (born 1921), American test pilot, astronaut, and senator
• John Glenn (Alberta)
  John Glenn (Alberta)
  John Glenn was the first documented European to settle in the Calgary, Alberta, Canada area...
  
  , first documented European to settle in the Calgary, Alberta, Canada area
• John Thomas Glenn
  John Thomas Glenn
  John Thomas Glenn was the 31st Mayor of Atlanta from 1889 to 1891, and the son of another Atlanta mayor, Luther Glenn, and like his father an attorney at law....
  
  , mayor of Atlanta from 1889 to 1891
• Hugh J. Glenn
  Hugh J. Glenn
  Hugh James Glenn was a prominent businessman and politician in California. Glenn was born near Staunton, Virginia, and grew up in Monroe County, Missouri. He was educated as a physician at McDowell's Medical College in St. Louis, Missouri. Glenn served with Colonel Alexander William Doniphan's...
  
  , businessman and California politician
• Kevin Glenn
  Kevin Glenn
  Kevin Glenn, Jr. is a professional Canadian football quarterback for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League. He was signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders as an undrafted free agent in 2001...
  
  , Canadian Football League quarterback
• Linda MacDonald Glenn
  Linda MacDonald Glenn
  Linda MacDonald Glenn is an American bioethicist, healthcare educator, lecturer, consultant, and attorney-at-law. Her academic research encompasses the legal, ethical, and social impact of emerging technologies and "evolving notions of personhood"....
  
  , American bioethicist
• Lorri Neilsen Glenn
  Lorri Neilsen Glenn
  Lorri Neilsen Glenn is a Canadian poet, ethnographer and essayist. Born and raised on the Prairies, she moved to Nova Scotia in 1983.Neilsen Glenn is the author and editor of several books on literacy and ethnography, scholarly and freelance articles on women and literacy, and book reviews in...
  
  , Canadian poet, ethnographer and essayist
• Luther Glenn
  Luther Glenn
  Luther Judson Glenn was a prominent Georgia lawyer, politician, Confederate officer during the American Civil War, and antebellum Mayor of Atlanta....
  
  , Georgia lawyer, politician, and antebellum Mayor of Atlanta
• Otis F. Glenn
  Otis F. Glenn
  Otis Ferguson Glenn was a Republican United States Senator from the State of Illinois.He was born in Mattoon, Illinois on August 27, 1879. After graduating law school in 1900 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he began practicing law in Murphysboro...
  
  , Republican United States Senator from the State of Illinois
• Robert Broadnax Glenn
  Robert Broadnax Glenn
  Robert Broadnax Glenn was the 51st Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1905 to 1909.-Early years and career:A native of Rockingham County, North Carolina, Glenn was born to C. L. Glenn and Annie S. Dodge...
  
  , American politician and governor of North Carolina
• Roy Glenn
  Roy Glenn
  -Career:Glenn's career spanned five decades, beginning in radio with shows such as Amos 'n Andy and The Jack Benny Show. He made numerous appearances on television, from its early days until 1970. His first film appearance was in 1937; his career included roles in A Raisin in the Sun , with Sidney...
  
  , American character actor
• Scott Glenn
  Scott Glenn
  Theodore Scott Glenn is an American actor. His roles have included Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy , astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff ,Emmett in Silverado , Commander Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October , Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs and The Wise Man in Sucker Punch -Early...
  
   (born 1941), American actor
• Stanley Glenn
  Stanley Glenn
  Stanley Glenn was a baseball catcher with the Philadelphia Stars of the Negro Leagues from 1944 to 1950. He also played three years in the minors and two in the Canadian senior Intercounty Baseball League in southwestern Ontario for the St...
  
  , American baseball catcher
• Tarik Glenn
  Tarik Glenn
  Tarik Glenn is a former American football offensive tackle who played for the Indianapolis Colts. Glenn performed as two-way lineman at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, California....
  
  , American football offensive tackle
• Terry Glenn
  Terry Glenn
  Terry Tyree Glenn is a retired American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the New England Patriots seventh overall in the 1996 NFL Draft...
  
  , American football wide receiver
• Thomas L. Glenn
  Thomas L. Glenn
  Thomas Louis Glenn was a United States Representative from Idaho. Glenn served a single term as a Populist in the House from 1901 to 1903, representing the state at-large.-References:...
  
  , United States Representative from Idaho
• Tyree Glenn
  Tyree Glenn
  Evan Tyree Glenn was an American trombone player.-Biography:...
  
  (1912−1979), American musician