Gloria

GLORE-ee-ah
Latin
"glory"

Gloria Origin and Meaning

The name Gloria is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "glory".

Gloria is beginning to move beyond its de-glamorized Grandma image, most recently thanks to glamorous young Hollywood parents Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, who chose it for their second daughter. Gyllenhaal was quoted as saying they had been inspired by Patti Smith's rendition of the Van Morrison song "Gloria" at a concert and thought " 'We'll name our daughter that one day'."

George Bernard Shaw was one of the first to use this form of the ancient Latin name GLORIANA in his 1898 play You Never Can Tell It was a Top 25 name in the Gloria (born Josephine) Swanson era of the 1920s,--reaching as high as Number 20 in 1925-26) and held on in the Top 50 until 1955.

Most prominent current adult bearers: Gloria Steinem and Gloria Estefan. Glorias have also figured prominently in TV sitcoms--as Archie and Edith's only child on All in the Family and the sexpot character played by Sofia Vergara on Modern Family.

# 671 in the US

Gloria Rank in US Top 1000

# 1263 on Nameberry

Gloria Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Gloria Popularity

Famous People Named Gloria

  • Gloria Steinem
    American women’s rights activist
  • Gloria Rachel Allred
    American women's rights attorney
  • Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan
    Cuban,American pop singer
  • (Mariae) Gloria Ferdinanda Gerda Charlotte Teutonia Franziska Magarethe Frederike Simone Johanna Joachima Josefine Wilhelmine Huberta
    Princess of Thurn und Taxis, Countess of Schönburg in Glauchau and Waldenburg
  • Gloria Laura Vanderbilt
    American heiress and designer; mother of TV journalist Anderson Cooper
  • Gloria May Josephine Swanson
    American actress
  • Gloria Marie Steinem
    American feminist author and activist
  • Gloria Grahame
    American actress
  • Gloria Macapagal
    Arroyo, 14th president of the Philippines
  • Gloria Naylor
    American novelist
  • Gloria Frances Stuart
    American actress
  • Gloria Gaynor
    American disco singer
  • Gloria Gruber
    American actress
  • Gloria Tang aka G.E.M.
    Hong Kong pop singer
  • Gloria Trevi (born Gloria de los Ángeles Treviño Ruiz)
    Mexican pop singer
  • Gloria Mills "Millie" Chapman (b. 1991)
    daughter of singers Amy Grant and Gary Chapman
  • Gloria Vanes (b. 2003)
    daughter of Belgian singer Axelle Red and Filip Vanes
  • Gloria Ray Sarsgaard (b. 2012)
    daughter of actors Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard
  • Gloria Griffin (b. 2017)
    daughter of athletes Robert Griffin III and Grete Šadeiko
  • Gloria Rand
    First Wife of Star Trek actor William Shatner

Gloria in Pop Culture

  • Gloria Pritchett
    character on TV's "Modern Family"
  • Gloria Stivic
    character on TV's 'All in the Family'
  • Gloria Mendoza
    character on TV's "Orange Is the New Black"
  • Gloria Cruz
    character on TV's "Army Wives"
  • Gloria Akalitus
    character on TV's "Nurse Jackie"
  • Gloria Bedlington
    character in "Sims" series
  • Gloria
    character on TV's "The Vampire Diaries"
  • Gloria
    character in movie "Colossal"
  • Gloria
    song by U2
  • Gloria
    song by Laura Branigan
  • Viva La Gloria
    song by Green Day
  • Gloria
    song by Michael Franti
  • Gloria
    song by Van Morrison's band Them
  • Gloria
    character in "Madagascar"
  • Gloria
    a penguin in Happy Feet