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.

Gloria Rank in US Top 1000

# 654 in the US

Gloria Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 630 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Gloria

• 654 US 2024
• 630 Nameberry 2025
• 745 Future 2028
• 641 England 2024
• 481 Germany 2016
• 299 Mexico 2021
• 97 Belgium 2024
• 141 Poland 2020
• 53 slovenia 2024

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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

The name 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