Glade Family History
Glade Name Meaning
English (Devon): topographic name denoting someone who lived ‘(in the) glade’ from Middle English glade ‘forest clearing; bright open space’. English: from the Middle English personal name Glad (ld English Glæd); compare the extended forms Gladding and Gladwin . Irish: shortened form of McGlade from Mag Léid. German (also Gläde): nickname for a handsome man from Middle Low German glad(de) ‘smooth shining’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022