Given name
Gladus
“one who is lame”
Gladus is used as a given name. One Welsh interpretation is “one who is lame.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Welsh interpretation is “one who is lame.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Welsh.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gladus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1919. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gladus’s family of names
Gladus has a related form in Gladys. Gladus has a related form in Gladis. Gladus has a related form in Gladas.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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