Glendenning

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proper noun

A surname from Scottish Gaelic.

OriginScottish Gaelic gleann →
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Meanings

proper nounGlendenning (plural Glendennings)

plural Glendennings · alternative Clendenning · alternative Glendening

  1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
  2. A suburb of Sydney in the Blacktown council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Origin

  1. Scottish Gaelicgleann“mountain valley, glen”
  2. EnglishGlendenning

Habitational surname from a minor place in Dumfries, Scotland, perhaps from Scottish Gaelic gleann (“mountain valley, glen”) + dùn (“fortress”) + fionn (“white”).

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APA

Glendenning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glendenning

MLA

“Glendenning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glendenning. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Glendenning,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Glendenning.

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