What We Know About the Gladney Surname

Heraldry follows families, not surnames. A Gladney coat of arms, where one exists, belonged to a specific line.

What Gladney means

Gladney began as an English family name. Smith's 1956 dictionary gives the meaning “dweller at the narrow enclosure; the gaunt or hungry man”.

Landscape names of this kind told neighbours where a family's house stood. The name also appears as Gladny. The 2010 census count for Gladney in the United States was 5,012, good for rank 6,729. That is enough to place it in the top 10,000 American surnames.

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