The story
- Scottish Gaelic · derived fromgleann“mountain valley, glen”
- English todayGlendenning
Habitational surname from a minor place in Dumfries, Scotland, perhaps from Scottish Gaelic gleann (“mountain valley, glen”) + dùn (“fortress”) + fionn (“white”).
Words from the same roots
Scottish Gaelicgleann all →
glen
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.