Welsh and Cornish: topographic name for someone who lived in a
valley, Welsh glyn, Cornish glin, or a habitational name
from a place named with this word. Morgan proposes Glynllifon in
Caernarfon as a probably source of the Welsh surname.
Irish:
reduced form of Gaelic Mag Fhloinn (see McGlynn).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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