Name meaning & stats
Gladys
Gladys means “princess (debated)” (Welsh origin). 48,397 US babies since 1940, peak 1940.
What it means
“princess (debated)”
WelshDebated
In US birth records
Peak year: 1940
48,397 US babies were named Gladys between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Gladys (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Gladys is the main spelling
- Gladys 96%
- Gladis 4%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1940)