Gladson
Top
Frequency: (377)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
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.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
Dictionary of American Family Names. Copyright © 2006 Patrick Hanks. All rights reserved.
Read more