Yes.. born as Glen but spell it Glenn. I actually had to legally declare in writing once that the “one ‘n’ Glen” is the same person as the “two ‘n’s’ Glenn.” I thought I would become a person ( two ‘n’s ) instead of a thing ( one ‘n’ meaning “mountain valley” in Gaelic ) when I was 10 in 1966.
Fast forward to 1995, and the digitalization caused havoc. I now spend my life telling people it’s legally with one but I spell it with two ‘n’s. I had to change all my documents back to ONE ‘n’ . Oh, and I live in Italy, yeah, that name doesn’t exist.
Only old timers know Glenn Ford, and middle-timers think it’s a woman’s name ( thanks Ms.Close.) So unsolicited callers think I’m a female. Oh yeah, they can’t pronounce it here either: GLED ? Like the air freshener ? GLANDE, like GLANS ? What is this name ?
So I tell them it’s like on the whiskey bottle, “Glen Grant” OK, thanks. Then they call me GRANT from then on. One guy takes it further and calls me JACK ( the other whiskey.) WTF? Just call me Glen(n)., not Glenny, Glenito, Glennino, Glenachos, or Glennaccio. It’s not Lynne, Lynn, Alan, Greg, Grant, Gene or any other G name.
My F***king name is Glen(n)