Gloria name - Meaning of Gloria
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- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 8
- Usage
- English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish, Latin
- Pronounced
- GLAWR-ee-ə (English) , glo-REE-ah (Italian) , GLAW-ryah (Polish)
- Gloria Meaning
- Means "glory" in Latin. The name (first?) appeared in E. D. E. N. Southworth's novel 'Gloria' (1891) and subsequently in George Bernard Shaw's play 'You Never Can Tell' (1898). It was popularized in the early 20th century by American actress Gloria Swanson (1899-1983). Another famous bearer is feminist Gloria Steinem (1934-). Gloria originates in Latin language and means "woman of glory". It was popularized by Gloria Steinem, an American feminist, journalist and activist in the 1960s and 1970s, and also Gloria Estefan, a Cuban American musician. Gloria was also the name of a character in George Bernard Shaw"s You Never Can Tell. In the United States it has always been one of the more popular feminine given names.
Gloria Related Names
Variants: Glaurea, Glora, Glorianne, Glorie, Gloriella, Glorielle, Glorria, Glory, Glorya
Gloria Celebrities
Gloria Estefan - musician, Gloria Gaynor - musician, Gloria Alcorta - writer, Gloria Bird - writer, Gloria Bosman - jazz artist, Gloria Collado - writer, Gloria Dehaven - actress, Gloria Fuertes - writer, Gloria Gervitz - writer, Gloria Grahame - actress, Gloria Holden - actress, Gloria Miguel - writer, Gloria Norris - writer, Gloria Raheja - published author, Gloria Reuben - actress, Gloria Stuart - actress,
