Glesni
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GLESS-nee
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Glesni is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “blueness”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Glesni mean?
Welsh: from glas 'blue, green'
“blueness”
Is Glesni a girl's or a boy's name?
Glesni is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Glesni in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Glesni, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 10 girls.
2025 had more girls named Glesni than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Glesni in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Glesni in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
Names like Glesni
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kalani, Kehlani, Charlotte, Georgia, Naomi, Zoe, Emma, Sarah, Hannah, Eleanor, Chloe, Alani
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Glesni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/glesni, updated 20 October 2026.