Given name & surname
Gladis
“one who is lame”
Gladis is a variant of Gladus. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is lame.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gladis is a variant of Gladus. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is lame.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Gladis is a variant of Gladus. An origin associated with Gladus is Welsh.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gladis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,076
- 5 boys · 3,071 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 69 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,065 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,065 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 69 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,911 as a first name in 2020; 332 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gladis’s family of names
Gladis has a related form in Gladys. Gladis has a related form in Gladus.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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