Glad - Meaning of Glad

What does Glad mean?

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Glad

[ 1 syll. glad, gl-ad ] The baby girl name Glad is also used as a boy name. It is pronounced as GLAED †. Glad has its origins in the Old Welsh language and it is used largely in English. Glad is a shortening of the Welsh and English Gladys.

See also the related categories, english and welsh.

Glad is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Glad include Gilde (English), Glade, Glaed, Glaede, Glaid, Glaide, Glayd, Glayde, Gold, Galatée, Galead, Galeid, Galied, Galit (Hebrew), Galyde, Gelda (English), Gilda (English, German, Italian, French, and Spanish), Gildi (Spanish), Gildie (English), and Gildy (English).

† Pronunciation for Glad: G as in "grin (G.R.IH.N)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)"