Glyn (name) explained

Glyn pronounced as /cy/ is a Welsh name.

Notable people with the name include:

Surnames

• Alan Glyn (1918–1998), Conservative Party (UK) Member of Parliament
• Andrew Glyn (1943–2007), UK-based economist and lecturer at the University of Oxford
• Elinor Glyn (1864–1943), British novelist and scriptwriter
• Frederick Glyn, 4th Baron Wolverton (1864–1932), British banker and Conservative politician
• Gareth Glyn (born 1951), Welsh composer and radio broadcaster
• George Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton (1797–1873), banker with interests in the railways
• George Grenfell Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton, PC (1824 - 1887), a British Liberal politician
• Guto'r Glyn (1435–1493), Welsh language poet
• Gwyneth Glyn (born 1979), Welsh language poet and musician
• Isabella Glyn (1823–1889), Victorian-era Shakespearean actress
• John Plumptre Carr Glyn (1837–1912), KCB, a British general
• Pascoe Glyn (1833–1904), British businessman and Liberal politician
• Ralph Glyn, 1st Baron Glyn (1884–1960), MC DL, a soldier and Conservative Party politician in the UK
• Richard Thomas Glyn (1831-1900), British Army general
• Sidney Glyn (1835–1916), British politician
• Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Ewell (1711–1773), British banker and politician
• Sir Richard Glyn, 1st Baronet, of Gaunt's House (1755–1838), British banker and politician
• Sir Richard Glyn, 9th Baronet OBE (1907–1980), TD, DL, a British army officer and Conservative politician
• William Glyn, American tennis player
• William Glyn (bishop) (or Glynn or Glynne, 1504–1558), Bishop of Bangor

Given name

• Dafydd Glyn Jones (born 1941), Welsh scholar and lexicographer
• Edmund John Glyn Hooper (1818–1889), Canadian businessman and political figure
• Glyn Barker (born 1953), British businessman
• Glyn Barnett (born 1970), British international rifleman
• Glyn Berry (1946–2006), Canadian diplomat killed by a car bomb in Afghanistan
• Glyn Cannon (born 1976), British playwright
• Glyn Daniel (1914–1986), Welsh scientist who specialised in the European Neolithic
• Glyn Davidge (1933–2006), Welsh rugby player
• Glyn Davies (economist) (1919–2003), Welsh economist
• Glyn Davies (British politician) (born 1944), Welsh Conservative Party candidate for Montgomeryshire
• Glyn Davis (born 1959), Australian academic and vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne
• Glyn Dearman (1939–1997), child actor
• Glyn Ford (born 1950), Labour member of the European Parliament
• Glyn Garner (born 1976), Welsh footballer
• Glyn Gilbert (1920–2003), highest-ranking Bermudian soldier
• Glyn Harman (born 1956), British mathematician working in analytic number theory
• Glyn Hodges (born 1963), Welsh football manager and player
• Glyn Houston (1925-2019), actor
• Glyn James (born 1941), Welsh footballer
• Glyn Johns (born 1942), musician, recording engineer and record producer
• Glyn Jones (South African writer) (1931–2014), South African actor, writer and director
• Glyn Jones (footballer, born 1959), Welsh footballer
• Glyn Jones (Welsh writer) (1905–1995), Welsh author
• Glyn Mason, 2nd Baron Blackford (1887–1972), UK Conservative Party politician
• Glyn Maxwell (born 1962), British poet
• Glyn Milburn (born 1971), American football player
• Glyn Moody, technology writer
• Glyn O'Malley (1951–2006), American playwright
• Glyn Owen (1928–2004), British actor
• Glyn Pardoe (born 1946), English footballer
• Glyn Philpot (1884–1937), English artist
• Glyn Prosser (1907–1972), Welsh rugby player
• Glyn Smallwood Jones (1908–1992), British colonial administrator in Southern Africa
• Glyn Stephens (1891–1965), Welsh rugby player
• Glyn Stone, British historian
• Glyn Thomas (1882–1967), musician
• Glyn Thompson (born 1981), English footballer
• Glyn Williams (footballer) (1918–2011), Welsh footballer
• Glyn Worsnip (1938–1996), British radio and television presenter
• Lewys Glyn Cothi (1420–1490), Welsh poet
• Martin Glyn Murray (born 1966), Welsh actor
• Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM (born 1953), Welsh politician
• Thomas Glyn Watkin (born 1952), first person to be appointed as First Welsh Legislative Counsel
• William Glyn Hughes Simon (1903 - 1972), Archbishop of Wales, 1968-71