Gloster Family History
Gloster Name Meaning
English (Warwickshire): habitational name from the city of Gloucester. The place originally bore the British name Glēvum (apparently from a cognate of Welsh gloyw ‘bright’) to which was added the Old English element ceaster ‘Roman fort or walled city’ (from Latin castra ‘legionary camp’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022