Gloria - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Gloria \g-lo-

is pronounced GLOR-ee-ah. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "glory". Supposedly coined by playwright George Bernard Shaw in "You Never Can Tell" (1898); the form Gloriana had earlier been used to refer to Queen Elizabeth I. Also made famous by actress Gloria Swanson from the 1920s to the 1960s. Writers Gloria Steinem, Gloria Naylor; singer Gloria Estefan.

Gloria has 22 variant forms: Glaura, Glaurea, Glora, Glorea, Gloree, Glorey, Gloreya, Glori, Gloriana, Gloriane, Glorianna, Glorianne, Gloribel, Gloribell, Glorie, Glorra, Glorria, Glory, Glorya, Gloryan, Gloryanna and Gloryanne.

Baby names that sound like Gloria are Klara, Clarie, Clari, Clara, Klarra and Klari.

Gloria is a very common first name for women (#56 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#9332 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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