Glennon

English

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Leannáin (“son of Leannán”), a personal name from leann (“cloak”) + -án (“diminutive suffix”).

Proper noun

Glennon (countable and uncountable, plural Glennons)

1. A surname from Irish.
2. An unincorporated community in Bollinger County, Missouri, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Glennon is the 9165^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3561 individuals. Glennon is most common among White (94.75%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Glennon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 52.