MEANING & HISTORY
What does Glory mean?
Glory is an English word-name, ultimately continuing Latin gloria. Its vocabulary sense concerns honour, renown, or splendour, with religious uses also familiar in Christian language.
The personal name adopts that word rather than shortening every instance of Gloria. Gloria is a related name with the same Latin ancestry, but the two immediate formations can be distinguished. A family may choose the spiritual association or the ordinary sense of splendour without altering the word’s history.
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Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Origin and name formation
English / Latin
Dictionary accounts by language
English
From glory as a variant of the more common Gloria.
A female given name from English.
English
From Latin gloria (“glory”), first used as a name in 19th-century literature.
A female given name from Latin, popular during the first half of the 20th century.
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
Similar names to Glory
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Names in this collection
- Cory♀Variant of Corey, a surname-derived name
- Glo♀Glory, through shortened Gloria
- Gloria♀Glory
- Ivory♂♀Ivory; English material and color word
- Jory♂Cornish form of George; earth-worker
- Rory♂Red king; from Irish Ruaidhrí
- Gladys♀English form of Welsh Gwladus
- Glen♂Variant of Glenn, from Gaelic valley
Recorded combinations with Glory
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
- Glory Fe·Glory: the English glory word, ultimately Latin gloria; Fe: Spanish faith, from Latin fides
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Records & sources
Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 2 elected-candidate records ·
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· CSV row 4,529 · ODbL 1.0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.