# Glynn

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #39,831

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A village near Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
3. An unincorporated community in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States, derived from the surname.
4. A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.

## Etymology
From Irish gleann (“glenn, valley”).

## Easily confused with
- **GYN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glynn-vs-gyn)
- **Gunn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glynn-vs-gunn)
- **Gwyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glynn-vs-gwyn)
- **glyph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glynn-vs-glyph)
- **Gwynn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glynn-vs-gwynn)
- **glen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glen-vs-glynn)
- **glyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glyn-vs-glynn)
- **ginn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ginn-vs-glynn)
- **Glenn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glenn-vs-glynn)
- **gland** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gland-vs-glynn)
- **glean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glean-vs-glynn)
- **glens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glens-vs-glynn)
- **glint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/glint-vs-glynn)

## Common misspellings (6)
`gglynn`, `gllynn`, `glnyn`, `glyynn`, `gylnn`, `lgynn`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/glynn