1: Scottish: habitational name from Gledstanes in Lanarkshire apparently named from Old English gleoda ‘kite’ + stān ‘stone’.2: Americanized form of Jewish Glatshteyn: ornamental name composed of Yiddish glat ‘flat’ + shteyn ‘stone’.
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What is the origin of the name Gladstone?
1: Scottish: habitational name from Gledstanes in Lanarkshire apparently named from Old English gleoda ‘kite’ + stān ‘stone’.2: Americanized form of Jewish Glatshteyn: ornamental name composed of Yiddish glat ‘flat’ + shteyn ‘stone’.