Gladis Family History
Gladis Name Meaning
German: from a dialect variant of the Latin personal name Claudius borne by a 7th-century archbishop of Besançon. Rusyn (from Slovakia; Gladiš): nickname from gladysh ‘corpulent man fatty’ or from Polish gładysz ‘dandy’ (see Gladysz ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022