An English and Scottish surname the Glover family name comes from the Latin term ‘cirothecarius’ which meant glover maker. The Old English term was ‘glof’ and the Middle English term became ‘glovere’.

A spelling variation for Glover is Glovere.

The city of London, Yorkshire, Kent, Lancashire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire in England have the greater Glover populations.
In Scotland the earliest Glover families lived in Perthshire. Many over the years moved towards the southern end of Scotland and settled in Lanarkshire, Midlothian and Ayrshire.

The Glover surname is in most of the Eastern, Midwest and Southern states in the United States. The ones with the greater percentage of Glover families is New York, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Illinois, Indiana and Missouri.

Famous: Jane Glover (English music conductor), Catherine ‘Cat’ Glover (professional dancer and singer), Lucas Glover (professional golfer), Danny Glover (film actor and director), Martin Glover (record producer), Bruce Glover (actor), Richard Glover (18th century English poet), Jack Glover (footballer of England), Louise Glover (English model) and Tom Glover artist).