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Love it, it's a favourite old-fashioned name for me

Interesting! The youngest Gladys I know is late 20s-early 30s (and is a French-speaking Congolese).

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It seems less dated than Janice (sorry, Queenv!), probably because it's actually more dated. And if it was pretty a hundred or so years ago, why shouldn't it be pretty now? No unfashionable sounds, unlike Gertrude; no unwanted ambiguity, unlike Fanny. The only possible problem would be a resurgence of the jokey old nn: Glad-Eyes! But perhaps the world has improved and it won't happen.

I love it. I've met a couple young adults named this and it wore so well in reality. I would use it were DH on board.

It is very unattractive. I like some fusty old names, but not this one.

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My mother's grandmother was Gladys, and as kids they would jokingly refer to her as Glad-ass. X-D

It's nice, it makes me think of flowers. But maybe it's a bit too old-fashioned.

I love it!

I'm not sure how I'd feel if I heard it IRL, but it does make me think of glads (the flowers), so it's very bright and cheery and summery and that's nice. I like it on a little girl in theory, I'll say.

I wouldn't use it because to my ears it's not quite time, but I do see it being cute on a little girl.

I wouldn't use it because to my ears it's not quite time, but I do see it being cute on a little girl.

Sounds old fashioned and dated yet cute and sweet.

Hmmmmm. Makes me wonder if it just might come back the way that Hazel did. It's still nowhere to be found on the popularity list.....but just maybe. I can't find anything to really like in Gladys yet, but I once felt that way about Hazel, and now I love Hazel.

It's not something I'd use personally, but I think it's cute.

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It usually makes me think of gladiolas.