Gleason

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Glasáin (“descendant of Glasán”), a personal name which derives from a diminutive form of glas (“green, blue, grey”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlisən/

Gleason (countable and uncountable, plural Gleasons)

1. A surname from Irish.
   • 2025 February 25, Kaitlan Collins and Tierney Sneed, “White House reveals who DOGE acting administrator is”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Amy Gleason is the acting administrator of the US DOGE Service, the agency that houses the temporary Department of Government Efficiency, a White House official told CNN on Tuesday.

2. A town in Weakley County, Tennessee, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gleason is the 1395^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 25416 individuals. Gleason is most common among White (92.38%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gleason”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51.

• Angelos, Nogales, engaols, esolang, losange, salogen