Gladish Family History
Gladish Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Glydwish in Burwash Sussex which is named from Old English glida ‘kite’ + Old English wisc ‘marshy meadow’. Americanized form of German Gladisch: nickname from a Germanized form of a derivative of Old Slavic gladъ ‘smooth’ or a Germanized form of Polish Gładysz ‘dandy’ (see Gladysz ). Americanized form of Rusyn (from Slovakia) Gladiš; see Gladis
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022