Gladys (given name)

Gladys is a female first name.

Origin and Meaning

The first name Gladys comes from the Welsh and goes back to the old Welsh name Gwladus, probably of Gwlad " country " comes from. The name Gladys was used as the Welsh equivalent of the name Claudia.

Outside of Wales, the name was known by the novel by Ouida puck.

Name winners

  • Gladys Afamado ( born 1930 ), Uruguayan artist and writer
  • Gladys Asmah (* 1939), politician from Ghana
  • Gladys Bentley (1907-1960), American blues singer and entertainer
  • Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), British actress
  • Gladys George (1904-1954), American actress
  • Gladys Heldman (1922-2003), American founder of World Tennis Magazine and the Virginia Slims Circuit
  • Gladys Knight ( born 1944 ), American singer and actress
  • Gladys Lehman (1892-1993), American screenwriter
  • Gladys Marín (1941-2005), Chilean politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Chile
  • Gladys Palmer (19 -? ? ), American jazz and rhythm and blues singer, pianist and composer
  • Gladys Werner (1933-2001), American alpine skier
  • Gladys Yang (1919-1999), British translator of Chinese literature
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