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The name "Gladys" is derived from Welsh & means "one who wields or handles a sword." Wikipedia says something else so... I never liked my name & people always expected an old lady until they saw me in person. It is distinctive but people always call me "Gloria" & almost nobody spells it correctly!
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A modern version of Gwladus/Gwladys from the welsh 'gwlad' meaning country/countryside (from old Welsh 'gulat'). These names are all pronounced the same and are just spelling variants.
The spelling with the W is still common in Wales and the names are considered the same. (similar to Jessica and Jessika)
It might have been used as the welsh form of Claudia, but I doubt it ever meant 'lame' or 'cripple' to the Welsh seeing as how that (cloff/efrydd) has zero in common with the word Gladys.
In summary - this is a Welsh name with a meaning derived from its Welsh root. Not 'Claudia'.
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The spelling with the W is still common in Wales and the names are considered the same. (similar to Jessica and Jessika)
It might have been used as the welsh form of Claudia, but I doubt it ever meant 'lame' or 'cripple' to the Welsh seeing as how that (cloff/efrydd) has zero in common with the word Gladys.
In summary - this is a Welsh name with a meaning derived from its Welsh root. Not 'Claudia'.
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My mom named me after the gladioulus, the sword glower. So I think Gladys would derive its meaning from the sword.
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It means God's Princess from the bible, 1 Peter 2:9. An alternative meaning would be the sword used by a gladiator in Roman times.
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This is the King James version of 1 Peter 2:9, and if anyone can find God's Princess Gladys in it, then good luck:
But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
By the way, the gladiolus flower is named after its leaves, shaped like little swords; in Latin, gladius = sword, gladiolus = little sword. I suppose you could take gladiolus, make it look girly by changing the -us to -a, and use it as a name, but it still wouldn't have anything to do with Gladys.
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But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
By the way, the gladiolus flower is named after its leaves, shaped like little swords; in Latin, gladius = sword, gladiolus = little sword. I suppose you could take gladiolus, make it look girly by changing the -us to -a, and use it as a name, but it still wouldn't have anything to do with Gladys.
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In a baby name book I saw, it says Gladys is Anglo-Saxon for a sword. And somewhere else I read it meant lame.
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Why would Gladys mean lame when its origins can be likened to the word gladiator?
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To the person who asked how Gladys could mean "lame"--that is if Gladys is taken to be the Welsh form of Claudia, which is derived from the Latin word for "lame/crippled."
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