feminine Gladys

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Origin:
latin
Name Root:
claudus > Claudĭus
Meaning:*
This name derives from the Latin root “claudus > Claudĭus,” meaning (lame, crippled, disabled) Claudius “Latin: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus,” was Roman emperor from 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, he was the son of Drusus and Antonia Minor. The Gens Claudia, sometimes written Clodia, was one of the most prominent patrician houses in Rome. The Gens traced its origin to the earliest days of the Roman Republic. The first of the Claudii to obtain the consulship was Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis in 495 BC, and from that time, its members frequently held the highest offices of the state, both under the republic and in imperial times.

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Numerological Values: #5

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Chakra Number: #5
Throat Chakra "Vishuddha"

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Color meaning: Blue

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Name Songs

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Notable People and Personalities

Gladys Aylward (1902–1970), English Missionary
Gladys Berejiklian (born 1970), Australian Politician
Gladys Brockwell (1893–1929) American Actress
Gladys Bustamante (1912–2009), Jamaican Activist
Gladys Cooper (1888–1971) English Actress
Gladys Knight (born 1944), American Singer-songwriter, Actress And Businesswoman
Gladys Rich (1904–1994), American Composer
Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi (1886–1965), American Heiress And Wife Of Count László Széchenyi
Gladys Yang (1919-1999), Sino-british Translator