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 [ 2 syll. gla-dys, gl-ad-ys ] The girl name Gladys is pronounced GLAEDIHS KEY. Gladys' language of origin is Old Welsh, and it is used largely in the English and Welsh languages. An original form of Gladys is Gwladus (Old Welsh). The name is of obscure origin; it could be from gwledig ('ruler, princess') or gwlad ('country'). It has also been used traditionally as a Welsh translation of Claudia. Variant forms of the name include the Hawaiian Gladi, the English Gladia, the English Gladiz, the English Glayds, the English Gleda, the Welsh Gwladus, and the Welsh Gwladys. Other forms of Gladys include the short forms Glad (English) and Glady (English), the pet forms Gladdie (English) and Gladdy (English), and the variant spelling Gladis (English). See also the related form, the Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Claudia. Gladys is unusual as a baby name for girls. Its usage peaked in 1901 with 1.052% of baby girls being given the name Gladys. Its ranking then was #11. The baby name has since dropped out of favor, and is used only on an infrequent scale now. In 2008, among the group of girl names directly linked to Gladys, the Dutch, English, German, Italian, Romanian, Scandinavian, and Spanish Claudia was the most commonly used. The name Gladys has predominantly been a girl name, although it has also been given to boys in the past century. Girls named Gladys outnumbered boys by 163 times in 1914. Baby names that sound like Gladys include the English Gladis, the English Gladiz, the Welsh Gwladus, the Welsh Gwladys, and the English Glayds. KEY: Pronunciation for Gladys: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
