Gladstone Family History
Gladstone Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Gledstanes in Lanarkshire apparently named from Old English gleoda ‘kite’ + stān ‘stone’. Americanized form of Jewish Glatshteyn: ornamental name composed of Yiddish glat ‘flat’ + shteyn ‘stone’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022