as a Last Name
- 8,732
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Glasgow
Meaning & Origins
Scottish: local name from the city on the Clyde (first recorded in 1116 as Glasgu), or from either of two minor places with the same name in Aberdeenshire. The etymology of the place name is disputed; it is probably from Welsh glas ‘gray’, ‘green’, ‘blue’ + cau ‘hollows’.
| 3,526th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 8,732
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Glasgow per capita
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