Comments for GLORIA:

Gloria Steinem is a famous American feminist and the founder of Ms. Magazine.

-- Sarah Charlotte  4/30/2005

A famous bearer is Gloria Gaither.

-- Anonymous User  8/23/2005

Two bearers of this name are singer Gloria Gaynor ('I will survive') and movie actress Gloria Swanson ('Sunset Boulevard').

-- alberto  9/29/2005

Let's not forget the wonderful singer Gloria Estefan.

-- Phoenix Flower  10/1/2005

Actually G. B. Shaw's play was not the first use of Gloria as a female given name; Mrs. E.D.E.N. Southworth, a hugely popular but now forgotten American novelist of the 19th century, published a novel titled _Gloria_ which was named after its heroine in 1891. [noted -ed]

-- clevelandkentevans  12/2/2005

Gloria Anzaldúa, a Chicana feminist writer and author of the influential Borderlands/La Frontera, is a famous bearer of this name.

-- ars musica  12/3/2005

"Gloria" is a song sung by Van Morrison. Gloria is the daughter of Edith and Archie Bunker on the show "All in the Family."

-- breakofday  12/22/2005

Gloria Stuart (July 4, 1910) was the actress who played Rose as an old woman in 'Titanic' (1997). A 87-year-old woman at the time, she appeared, however, in several movies of the Golden Era of Hollywood, among them 'The Invisible Man' (1933).

-- alberto  3/12/2006

Gloria is a very pretty name for a girl.

-- Anonymous User  5/17/2006

I personally think this name is really cheesy. Sorry.

-- wishenough  12/2/2006

When I went to elementary school the cross guard was named Gloria. Ria could be short for Gloria and it's pretty. Gloria reminds me of angels. When I was little I had an imaginary friend named Gloria and I named my first egg baby Gloria in first grade. I could swear my guardian angel or something is named Gloria.

-- roxhai  3/6/2007

The crazy sister in Wedding Crashers is called Gloria.

-- Anonymous User  3/15/2007

One of the penguins in the movie Happy Feet.

-- libbygirl  4/13/2007

Gloria Beatty is the name of one of the main characters in "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" by Horace McCoy, later made into the 1969 film with Jane Fonda as Gloria (which was a very well-acted role). Both the story and character however give anything but the impression of "glory." On the contrary, it is actually very gloomy, bleak and a contradiction to this nice name. Apart from that and other associations and famous bearers (which I cannot bear) with this name, I think it is a very beautiful name and have always thought the name Gloria was very pretty. My favorite nicknames for this name are 'Ria' and 'Glory.' By the way, I always thought this was a Latin name, being all the way back from the days of ancient Rome but it's still nice anyway.

-- Loni_maryrose  6/3/2007

This is the title of a French Christmas carol. Pretty much everyone knows the tune to the song, and it's by far one of the prettiest carols ever! ^_^ It's also a lovely name and one of my favorites. I think of a very pretty, kind, gentle, smart girl when I here this name. :)

-- Jesus_Freak  4/3/2008

A famous bearer was Mexican American feminist writer, poet, scholar and activist Gloria Anzaldúa (September 26, 1942 - May 15, 2004).

-- AndrewJKD  4/13/2008

My name is Gloria! The only nickname I've ever heard (or been called) is Glo.

Gloria is the name of the tiny white talking dog in the children's book "No Flying In the House" by Betty Brock. My favorite book.

And in 1982 Laura Branigan's song Gloria went platinum, spent 36 weeks on the Billboard Charts and won her a Grammy.

-- GloWill  6/17/2008

In the lovely children's books, Frances the badger gets a baby sister called Gloria. Not famous perhaps, but well known!

-- Anneza  7/18/2008

I love this name. Laura Branigan's song, 'Gloria', was actually an adaptation of Umberto Tozzi's original song: 'Gloria.' This song was sung in English, Italian, and Spanish by Tozzi, and Laura Branigan's version followed years later. I love all versions of the song, and I think Gloria is a unique and lovely name, very classy and sophisticated!

-- polyglot7  8/27/2008

Gloria is a hippo in the movie Madagascar. I really love this name.

-- Anonymous User  12/1/2008

"Viva la Gloria? (Little girl)" and "Viva la Gloria!" are songs sung by Green Day.

-- Sharp92  5/21/2009

Gloria is the name of one of the characters featured in Green Day's new album 21st Century Breakdown.

-- x__isa  5/28/2009

I love this name! It is quite unique in its structure. Not very many -oria names out there. It sounds beautiful and it conjures up splendid heavenly images. You couldn't ask for a more lovely name.

-- kookiemonster71  6/2/2009

Gloria Rachel Allred (b. 1941), the high-profile Californian lawyer - you might have seen her on Fox News at some stage, usually dressed in red - has this beautiful name.

-- Just Jonquil  7/18/2009

This name is unique and pretty.

-- Anonymous User  7/18/2009

Whenever I hear of this name it reminds me of Ian Bennardo, the weird dude who sung 'Gloria' on his audition for American Idol. He was extremely funny.

-- pink__tofu  7/21/2009

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