Gladys (given name)

Updated on Dec 17, 2023

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Gender female Meaning Princess, gladiolus		Word/name Gwladus Region of origin Welsh

Gladys is a female name from the Welsh name Gwladus or Gwladys, which bears the meaning of royalty (princess) or the gladiolus flower.

It has been sometimes used as a Welsh form of Claudia.

People

Gladys Aylward (1902–1970), English missionary to China

Gladys E. Banks (1897–1972), New York politician

Gladys Berejiklian, Australian politician

Gladys Brockwell, American actress

Gladys Bustamante (1912–2009), Jamaican activist

Gladys Cooper, English actress

Gladys Fries Harriman (1896–1983), an American philanthropist, equestrian and big game hunter

Gladys Knight (born 1944), American singer and actress

Gladys Rich (1904–1994), American composer

Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi, American heiress and wife of Count László Széchenyi

Gladys Yang (1919–1999), Sino-British translator

Gladys Wanjiku (born 1990), God's child, Kenya

Gladys Hotchkiss, a character in the musical The Pajama Game

Gladys Emmanuel, a character in the BBC sitcom Open All Hours

Gladys Kravitz, a character in the TV show Bewitched

Gladys Pugh, Chief Yellowcoat, a character in the BBC comedy Hi-de-Hi!

Gladys Porter, a character in the TV sitcom Pete and Gladys

Gladys, a character in the HBO drama The Leftovers

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