Gloria Forename
132nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 3,346,290 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Colombia
Gloria Forename Definition:
A female name. Latin gloria ‘glory’. Came into use in the late 19th C, e.g. G. B. Shaw’s You Never Can Tell (published 1898).
Gloria Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 585,968 | 1:619 | 118 |
| Mexico | 100% | 460,717 | 1:269 | 41 |
| Colombia | 100% | 447,481 | 1:107 | 11 |
| Philippines | 99% | 239,804 | 1:442 | 47 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 213,320 | 1:832 | 132 |
| Peru | 100% | 97,536 | 1:326 | 37 |
| Ecuador | - | 97,259 | 1:182 | 23 |
| Ghana | 100% | 90,571 | 1:298 | 54 |
| Uganda | 100% | 74,416 | 1:550 | 106 |
| Argentina | 100% | 67,290 | 1:636 | 151 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 66,174 | 1:243 | 38 |
| Chile | 100% | 64,553 | 1:273 | 55 |
| Spain | 100% | 56,738 | 1:820 | 149 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 54,703 | 1:965 | 206 |
| South Africa | 100% | 54,106 | 1:1,008 | 116 |
| Malawi | 100% | 48,862 | 1:350 | 63 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 48,754 | 1:619 | 84 |
| Honduras | 100% | 47,132 | 1:187 | 18 |
| Kenya | 100% | 45,197 | 1:1,025 | 215 |
| Brazil | 100% | 43,464 | 1:4,929 | 669 |
| El Salvador | - | 34,293 | 1:185 | 26 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 32,602 | 1:222 | 28 |
| England | 100% | 24,527 | 1:2,267 | 358 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 21,215 | 1:284 | 28 |
| Cuba | - | 20,896 | 1:551 | 140 |
| Canada | 100% | 18,809 | 1:1,762 | 372 |
| Burundi | 100% | 18,103 | 1:547 | 155 |
| Angola | 100% | 17,680 | 1:1,525 | 316 |
| Zambia | - | 17,350 | 1:914 | 207 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 16,583 | 1:639 | 153 |
| DR Congo | 88% | 16,318 | 1:4,524 | 583 |
| Congo | 91% | 15,697 | 1:319 | 43 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 15,196 | 1:686 | 97 |
| Jamaica | - | 12,736 | 1:226 | 12 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 10,737 | 1:331 | 70 |
| Italy | 100% | 10,654 | 1:5,731 | 482 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 10,635 | 1:1,069 | 233 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 10,161 | 1:1,518 | 281 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 8,780 | 1:390 | 88 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 8,744 | 1:811 | 188 |
| Panama | 100% | 8,111 | 1:482 | 63 |
| Chad | 100% | 8,032 | 1:1,693 | 219 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4,651 | 1:1,025 | 221 |
| Australia | - | 4,209 | 1:3,245 | 515 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 4,015 | 1:2,030 | 234 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 3,776 | 1:68,317 | 8,219 |
| Germany | 100% | 3,205 | 1:30,165 | 1,126 |
| India | 100% | 3,061 | 1:396,889 | 34,099 |
| Benin | 100% | 2,924 | 1:3,617 | 671 |
| Sudan | - | 2,776 | 1:13,619 | 1,511 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 2,715 | 1:11,215 | 1,245 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 2,238 | 1:608 | 66 |
| Namibia | - | 2,210 | 1:1,088 | 221 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,058 | 1:1,504 | 316 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,982 | 1:15,546 | 2,113 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,925 | 1:82,837 | 6,005 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,914 | 1:2,370 | 428 |
| Togo | - | 1,813 | 1:3,993 | 652 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 100% | 1,718 | 1:662 | 178 |
| Barbados | - | 1,512 | 1:192 | 19 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,503 | 1:1,453 | 268 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,496 | 1:61,431 | 3,281 |
| China | - | 1,480 | 1:923,011 | 33,198 |
| Liberia | 99% | 1,425 | 1:3,096 | 424 |
| France | 100% | 1,403 | 1:47,377 | 1,471 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,209 | 1:330 | 54 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,172 | 1:1,573 | 283 |
| Belize | 100% | 1,076 | 1:329 | 20 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,011 | 1:10,610 | 1,122 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 961 | 1:17,588 | 1,778 |
| Guyana | 100% | 935 | 1:816 | 103 |
| Hong Kong | - | 897 | 1:8,643 | 790 |
| Scotland | 100% | 811 | 1:6,597 | 551 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 748 | 1:31,778 | 5,367 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 733 | 1:29,482 | 2,278 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 690 | 1:11,904 | 1,080 |
| Poland | 94% | 660 | 1:57,617 | 1,502 |
| Kuwait | - | 655 | 1:5,779 | 741 |
| Thailand | 100% | 648 | 1:108,126 | 8,867 |
| Comoros | - | 627 | 1:1,214 | 222 |
| Austria | 100% | 613 | 1:13,889 | 748 |
| Ireland | 100% | 609 | 1:7,625 | 617 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 572 | 1:36,362 | 4,240 |
| Sweden | 100% | 570 | 1:17,295 | 1,268 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 550 | 1:10,232 | 1,053 |
| Israel | 100% | 520 | 1:16,159 | 1,684 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 497 | 1:1,169 | 229 |
| Qatar | 100% | 488 | 1:4,856 | 787 |
| Gabon | 100% | 481 | 1:3,915 | 840 |
| Vanuatu | - | 477 | 1:549 | 123 |
| Morocco | - | 464 | 1:74,027 | 2,699 |
| Albania | 100% | 456 | 1:6,681 | 1,207 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 453 | 1:344 | 76 |
| Guam | - | 426 | 1:377 | 52 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 338 | 1:7,274 | 766 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 331 | 1:332 | 29 |
| Suriname | 100% | 313 | 1:1,766 | 411 |
| Belgium | 100% | 312 | 1:36,827 | 2,107 |
| Saint Martin | - | 307 | 1:116 | 41 |
| Dominica | - | 289 | 1:261 | 59 |
| Fiji | - | 259 | 1:3,445 | 924 |
| Romania | 100% | 255 | 1:78,635 | 3,752 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 254 | 1:391 | 25 |
| Grenada | 99% | 251 | 1:431 | 46 |
| Russia | 98% | 246 | 1:586,316 | 6,042 |
| Croatia | 100% | 238 | 1:17,719 | 1,044 |
| Aruba | - | 230 | 1:451 | 49 |
| Singapore | 100% | 210 | 1:29,938 | 5,849 |
| Iran | 100% | 202 | 1:388,598 | 5,274 |
| Norway | 100% | 193 | 1:26,592 | 1,425 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 172 | 1:1,129,987 | 19,006 |
| Micronesia | - | 169 | 1:630 | 107 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 159 | 1:345 | 26 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98% | 159 | 1:702 | 68 |
| Oman | - | 156 | 1:26,338 | 2,030 |
| Swaziland | - | 154 | 1:8,443 | 1,221 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 153 | 1:401 | 48 |
| Senegal | 100% | 152 | 1:95,930 | 2,784 |
| Greece | 100% | 147 | 1:74,385 | 2,245 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 136 | 1:1,307 | 224 |
| French Polynesia | - | 119 | 1:2,335 | 505 |
| Malta | - | 119 | 1:3,608 | 560 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 117 | 1:7,445 | 736 |
| Bermuda | - | 105 | 1:617 | 111 |
| Bahrain | - | 104 | 1:12,968 | 2,016 |
| Andorra | - | 101 | 1:821 | 134 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 99 | 1:5,697 | 582 |
| Portugal | - | 83 | 1:125,432 | 3,169 |
| South Korea | - | 81 | 1:68,450 | 4,047 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 78 | 1:394,698 | 7,244 |
| Denmark | - | 76 | 1:74,336 | 2,424 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 76 | 1:26,842 | 3,226 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 75 | 1:729 | 130 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 72 | 1:453,104 | 7,946 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 70 | 1:446 | 43 |
| Estonia | 100% | 68 | 1:19,344 | 1,653 |
| Japan | - | 66 | 1:1,939,183 | 19,457 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 66 | 1:526 | 83 |
| Burkina Faso | 92% | 59 | 1:311,516 | 12,204 |
| Jersey | - | 59 | 1:1,695 | 338 |
| Hungary | 100% | 55 | 1:178,032 | 988 |
| San Marino | 100% | 54 | 1:610 | 146 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 49 | 1:1,991,023 | 8,071 |
| Belarus | 100% | 48 | 1:197,550 | 1,711 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 46 | 1:1,114 | 133 |
| Czechia | 100% | 45 | 1:236,804 | 1,745 |
| Jordan | 100% | 42 | 1:210,161 | 2,717 |
| Finland | 100% | 40 | 1:137,080 | 2,784 |
| Mozambique | - | 36 | 1:756,760 | 1,518 |
| Macau | - | 35 | 1:17,377 | 339 |
| Palestine | 100% | 34 | 1:133,825 | 2,083 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 30 | 1:9,005 | 945 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 29 | 1:457 | 30 |
| American Samoa | - | 26 | 1:2,148 | 357 |
| Moldova | 100% | 26 | 1:136,967 | 1,464 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 25 | 1:709,874 | 8,915 |
| Madagascar | - | 25 | 1:945,176 | 2,170 |
| Iraq | 100% | 24 | 1:1,459,077 | 10,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 91% | 19 | 1:1,214,523 | 33,777 |
| Bulgaria | - | 16 | 1:436,899 | 7,325 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 15 | 1:476,800 | 16,943 |
| Vietnam | - | 13 | 1:7,124,855 | 3,818 |
| Georgia | 94% | 10 | 1:373,847 | 7,758 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Algeria | - | 8 | 1:4,772,090 | 9,478 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 8 | 1:729 | 173 |
| Turkey | 100% | 7 | 1:11,114,530 | 34,230 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 6 | 1:587,410 | 5,040 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 3 | 1:63,999 | 3,481 |
| Serbia | 100% | 3 | 1:2,381,907 | 7,319 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Armenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Glória (84,336) & Glòria (1) are calculated separately.
Gloria (74,656) may also be a surname.
Gloria Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Latin gloria ‘glory’. Came into use in the late 19th C, e.g. G. B. Shaw’s You Never Can Tell (published 1898).
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Pet-form, Glory. A f. name common in C19, seldom heard in C20. From Latin gloria, fame. Cf. Gloriana, ‘one of the names under which Queen Elizabeth is indicated in Spenser’s Faerie Queene’ (Harvey).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Gloria Forename Popularity
Gloria Demographics
Average Gloria Salary in
United States
$39,001 USD
Per year
Rank:
266,102 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.169753
Rank: 113 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
89.6%
Sample size: 358,801 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Gloria Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gloria in the Russian language | ||
| Глориа | gloria | - |
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