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Gloria (F)>

Gloria (female)

Diminutive(s):Glo (F)
Derivative(s):Glory (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

English, from Latin "glory".

Gloria was not used as a given name before the 20th century. The playwrite George Bernard Shaw used it in his play You Never Can Tell [1898] since when it has become very popular.