Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Gladys
/GLAD · iss/
Meaning
“Country or land (Welsh)”
Welsh name derived from Gwladus or Gwladys, probably from the Welsh word gwlad meaning 'country' or 'land'. Possibly also a Welsh adaptation of Claudia. Borne by a 5th-century Welsh queen and Christian saint.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Peaked in the early 20th century; currently deep retro, possible great-grandmother revival in the 2030s.
The cultural moment.
Top 20 in the UK in the 1920s; rare since the 1970s, but small uptick in trend forecasts.