Gladys (given name)
| Gladys | |
|---|---|
| Gender | feminine |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Gwladus |
| Meaning | Princess, gladiolus |
| Region of origin | Welsh |
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Gladys or Gladice is a feminine 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 Boyd (1921-2015), Liverpudlian legend
- 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, American singer/actress
- Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi, American heiress and wife of Count László Széchenyi
- Gladys Rich (1904–1994), American composer
- Gladys Yang (1919-1999), Sino-British translator
Fictional characters
- Gladys Hotchkiss, one of the lead characters in the musical The Pajama Game
- Gladys Emmanuel, a character off Open All Hours
- Gladys Kravitz, the snoopy neighbor who always spies on the Stephens household in the TV show Bewitched
- Gladys Pugh, Chief Yellowcoat, sports organiser and voice of Radio Maplin in the BBC comedy Hi-de-Hi!
- Gladys Porter, the scatterbrained wife in the TV sitcom Pete and Gladys
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