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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsGloster, Glouster, Glocester

Meaning & History

habitational name from the city of Gloucester. The place originally bore the British name Glevum (apparently from a cognate of Welsh gloyw "bright") to which was added the Old English element ceaster "Roman fort or walled city" (from Latin castrum "legionary camp"). Variant of Gloster.
Added 7/15/2023 by Paradiso36