Gladhill Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Many Gladhill families will find their roots under Gledhill, the form most records use. The family name meaning is “Kite hill”, the same as for Gledhill.

A variant of Gledhill

Spelled with “a” instead of “e”, Gladhill shows how the same name was heard and written differently. The same family of names includes Gleadhill.

Gladhill ranked 36,379 in the 2010 US Census, with 615 people answering to the name. That puts it among the top 50,000 US surnames.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Gledhill surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

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