Settlement in the glen
Derived from the Scottish Gaelic word 'gleann' meaning valley and the Old English 'dun' meaning hill or 'tun' meaning settlement. It originally served as a topographic surname for families living in or near a valley settlement.
Less common today
Glendon isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,181 in 1990.
American novelist and author of 'The Shootist'
Major League Baseball pitcher
A character in the British soap opera Emmerdale · Emmerdale
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
