Glendon as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Glendon

What is the meaning of the name Glendon ?

The baby name Glendon is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɡlɛn.dən/ (GLEN-dən).

Glendon is English in Origin.

Glendon is an English given name and surname with topographic roots. It blends Glen - ultimately from Scottish Gaelic gleann, “valley” - with the Old English element -don (dūn), “hill,” familiar from place-names like Snowdon. The combined sense is “valley by the hill,” a picturesque landscape name. As a surname it likely arose from the English place Glendon in Northamptonshire, then migrated to North America, where the forename developed.

Used as a first name from the late 19th century, Glendon followed the Anglo-American fashion for transferring surnames and adding the popular -don ending seen in Landon and Lyndon. It saw modest mid-20th‑century use in the United States and Canada; writer Glendon Swarthout is a noted bearer. Variants and respellings include Glyndon and Glendyn; common short forms are Glen/Glenn and Don. Related names: Glen (base form) and the stylistic cousin Lyndon. Meaning: “valley by the hill.”