Girl · Welsh
Gladys
Say it: GLAD-iss
Meaning
Anglicized Welsh Gwladus; often linked with gwlad 'country', but this is uncertain.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Spread from Wales into general English use in the late 19th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 267,452 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1901, about 1 in 89 girls
- 76 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Welsh | Gwladus |
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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