Glory Forename
2,627th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 393,783 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria
Glory Forename Definition:
See the preceding.
Glory Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 261,162 | 1:680 | 98 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 41,152 | 1:1,283 | 274 |
| Malawi | 93% | 24,558 | 1:697 | 155 |
| Kenya | - | 20,787 | 1:2,228 | 416 |
| Philippines | 98% | 13,895 | 1:7,629 | 1,118 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 9,443 | 1:2,289 | 441 |
| South Africa | 98% | 5,132 | 1:10,626 | 1,791 |
| United States | 100% | 4,298 | 1:84,350 | 3,967 |
| India | 100% | 2,833 | 1:428,831 | 36,089 |
| Ghana | 50% | 1,573 | 1:17,156 | 1,373 |
| Uganda | 97% | 1,321 | 1:31,004 | 2,176 |
| Congo | 66% | 683 | 1:7,334 | 993 |
| Indonesia | 50% | 586 | 1:440,211 | 34,428 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 583 | 1:52,852 | 6,182 |
| DR Congo | 89% | 555 | 1:133,023 | 6,573 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| Zambia | - | 422 | 1:37,571 | 2,617 |
| England | 98% | 350 | 1:158,865 | 5,106 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| Zimbabwe | 71% | 307 | 1:50,240 | 4,372 |
| Egypt | 80% | 304 | 1:302,306 | 9,724 |
| Canada | 100% | 295 | 1:112,317 | 5,449 |
| Swaziland | - | 256 | 1:5,079 | 891 |
| Gabon | 100% | 241 | 1:7,815 | 1,376 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 204 | 1:51,134 | 3,395 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 198 | 1:152,535 | 6,085 |
| Malaysia | 78% | 132 | 1:230,681 | 12,762 |
| China | - | 116 | 1:11,776,343 | 59,768 |
| Mexico | 100% | 93 | 1:1,334,886 | 9,495 |
| Botswana | 100% | 90 | 1:24,272 | 2,834 |
| Spain | 100% | 89 | 1:522,809 | 6,497 |
| Peru | 100% | 88 | 1:361,267 | 7,336 |
| Namibia | - | 82 | 1:29,319 | 2,317 |
| Colombia | 100% | 78 | 1:612,550 | 8,686 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Papua New Guinea | 86% | 76 | 1:107,267 | 9,711 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 71 | 1:50,004 | 1,393 |
| Germany | 99% | 52 | 1:1,859,190 | 11,150 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 47 | 1:28,966 | 3,089 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 46 | 1:516,732 | 28,563 |
| Hong Kong | - | 41 | 1:189,091 | 3,221 |
| Brazil | 100% | 37 | 1:5,790,166 | 86,250 |
| Singapore | 100% | 28 | 1:224,538 | 8,753 |
| Sweden | 100% | 28 | 1:352,068 | 10,149 |
| Thailand | 99% | 27 | 1:2,595,030 | 64,663 |
| Ireland | 80% | 25 | 1:185,741 | 3,671 |
| New Zealand | - | 25 | 1:181,442 | 6,350 |
| Netherlands | 96% | 23 | 1:734,873 | 14,886 |
| Qatar | 100% | 20 | 1:118,480 | 12,874 |
| Russia | 75% | 20 | 1:7,211,685 | 30,794 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 20 | 1:8,891 | 1,267 |
| Australia | - | 19 | 1:718,822 | 9,906 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Finland | 93% | 16 | 1:342,699 | 4,640 |
| Iceland | - | 15 | 1:24,401 | 1,622 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 15 | 1:476,800 | 16,943 |
| Barbados | - | 14 | 1:20,699 | 1,571 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 13 | 1:366,765 | 6,353 |
| Liberia | 50% | 13 | 1:339,389 | 10,356 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 12 | 1:1,342,369 | 5,026 |
| Denmark | - | 11 | 1:513,591 | 7,934 |
| Honduras | 100% | 11 | 1:801,588 | 9,931 |
| Argentina | 100% | 10 | 1:4,277,324 | 11,519 |
| Nauru | 100% | 10 | 1:1,193 | 190 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Senegal | - | 9 | 1:1,620,151 | 12,107 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Belgium | 100% | 8 | 1:1,436,255 | 15,198 |
| Israel | 100% | 8 | 1:1,050,365 | 14,379 |
| Panama | - | 8 | 1:488,320 | 13,543 |
| Scotland | 100% | 8 | 1:668,796 | 7,564 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 8 | 1:1,026,687 | 12,013 |
| Guyana | - | 7 | 1:109,037 | 8,020 |
| South Korea | - | 7 | 1:792,060 | 15,859 |
| Benin | 100% | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Japan | - | 6 | 1:21,331,010 | 46,700 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 6 | 1:1,003,056 | 13,067 |
| Bolivia | - | 5 | 1:2,120,281 | 4,345 |
| Chile | 100% | 5 | 1:3,521,442 | 19,163 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 5 | 1:1,125,514 | 9,179 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Italy | 99% | 4 | 1:15,265,522 | 38,916 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 4 | 1:5,768,983 | 76,946 |
| Marshall Islands | 75% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Norway | 100% | 4 | 1:1,283,082 | 16,224 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| France | 62% | 3 | 1:22,156,780 | 46,973 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Uruguay | - | 3 | 1:1,142,546 | 10,015 |
| Wales | 100% | 3 | 1:1,031,436 | 10,092 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2 | 1:4,413,387 | 8,826 |
| Kazakhstan | 50% | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Oman | - | 2 | 1:2,054,334 | 8,531 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Austria | 100% | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Glory (7,121) may also be a surname.
Glory Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
See the preceding.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Latin name, meaning: Glorious.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Glory Forename Popularity
Glory Demographics
Glory Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 2 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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