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GLAD
Female
Cornish
, lame.
Male
English
Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Glædwine, GLADWYN means "bright friend."
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English
English : habitational name from either of two places in West Yorkshire called Lindley, or from Linley in Shropshire and Wiltshire, all named from Old English līn ‘flax’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘glade’, with epenthetic -d-, or from another Lindley in West Yorkshire (near Otley), named in Old English as ‘lime wood’, from lind ‘lime tree’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Lindley in Leicestershire probably also has this origin, and is a further possible source of the surname.German : habitational name from places in Bavaria and Hannover called Lindloh, meaning ‘lime grove’, or a topographic name with the same meaning (see Linde + Loh).
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English
English : from a pet form of the female personal name Elizabeth. Compare Hibbs 2.English : nickname for someone with very fair hair or skin, from Middle English, Old English lilie ‘lily’ (Latin lilium). The Italian equivalent Giglio was used as a personal name in the Middle Ages. In English and other languages there has also been some confusion with forms of Giles.English : habitational name from places called Lilley, in Hertfordshire and Berkshire. The Hertfordshire place was named in Old English as ‘flax-glade’, from līn ‘flax’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Berkshire name is from Old English Lillinglēah ‘wood associated with Lilla’, an Old English personal name.
Female
English
 Modern form of Old Welsh Gwladus, GLADYS means "ruler."
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Northern Irish
Northern Irish : reduced form of McGlade.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a glade, Middle English glade.English : from an Old English personal name Glæd.German (also Gläde) : nickname for a handsome man, from Middle Low German glad(de) ‘smooth’, ‘shining’.
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English
English : habitational name from any of several places in West Yorkshire, or minor places in Cheshire, named in Old English as ‘midge glade’, from micg(e) ‘midge’ + lēah ‘wood’; ‘clearing’, ‘glade’.
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English (West Midlands)
English (West Midlands) : habitational name from some minor place, such as Lockleywood in Hinstock, Shropshire, which is named from Old English loc(a) ‘enclosure’ + lēah ‘wood’, ‘glade’.
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow, pasture, or patch of arable land, Middle English l(e)ye (late Old English lēage, dative of lēah ‘wood’, ‘glade’); or a habitational name from Lye in Herefordshire (with the same etymology).French : habitational name from Lye in Indre.French (Lyé) : habitational name from places called Lié in Deux-Sèvres and Vendée.Norwegian : habitational name from a farmstead in Rogaland named Lye, Old Norse Lýgi meaning ‘alliance’, ‘covenant’, used to denote a place sanctified by such an agreement, such as a court or council meeting place.
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English
English : from a short form of the various Old English personal names with a first element glæd ‘shining’, ‘joyful’. Compare Gladwin.English and Scandinavian : nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English, Scandinavian glad ‘merry’, ‘jolly’.
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English
English : patronymic from Glad 1.
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English
English : habitational name from Mackley in Derbyshire, which may have been named in Old English as ‘Macca’s forest’, from an unattested personal name + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, ‘glade’.Scottish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Donnshleibhe ‘son of Donnshleibhe’, a personal name literally meaning ‘brown hill’.Probably also an Americanized form of German Mä(g)gli (see Magley).
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English
English : habitational name from Glydwish in Burwash, Sussex, which is named from Old English glida ‘kite’ + Old English wisc ‘marshy meadow’.Altered spelling of German Gladisch, from the personal name Gladu, Slavic form of Claudius, or a nickname for a proper looking person, from Slavic gladki ‘smooth’.
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English
English : unexplained. In form, this appears to be a patronymic from Glad, but there is no evidence that this was ever a personal name. It may be an English variant of Scottish Gladstone. The surname appears to have died out in Britain.
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English (possibly also Scandinavian)
English (possibly also Scandinavian) : variant spelling of Glad.
Girl/Female
African, American, Australian, British, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Latin, Swedish, Welsh
Lame; Disabled; Princess; Small Sword; Limping; Country; Ruler; Gladiolus Flower
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English
English : variant of Glad 2.
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from Middle English Gladwyn, GLADWIN means "bright friend."
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English
English : variant of Gladden.
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English
English : variant of Gladden.
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n.
Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest.
n.
See Gladen.
n.
A state of gladness.
v. t.
To make glad; to cheer; to please; to gratify; to rejoice; to exhilarate.
v. i.
To be or become glad; to rejoice.
n.
The art or practice of a gladiator.
n.
Conduct, state, or art, of a gladiator.
pl.
of Gladiolus
a.
Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus.
a.
Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general.
pl.
of Gladius
n.
State or quality of being glad; pleasure; joyful satisfaction; cheerfulness.
a.
Alt. of Gladiatorian
n.
A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate leaves, and including many species, some of which are cultivated and valued for the beauty of their flowers; the corn flag; the sword lily.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Gladden
n.
A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also corn flag.
a.
Full of gladness; joyful; glad.
a.
Gladiatorial.
pl.
of Gladiolus
n.
One who makes glad.