Gloriana

Gender Feminine
Usage English (Rare)
Pronounced Pron. glawr-ee-AN-ə  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Elaborated form of Latin gloria meaning "glory". In Edmund Spenser's poem The Faerie Queene (1590) this was the name of the title character, a representation of Queen Elizabeth I.

Related Names

VariantsGloria, Glory
Other Languages & CulturesGlorija(Croatian) Gloria(German) Glória(Hungarian) Gloria(Italian) Glorija(Latvian) Glória(Portuguese) Glorija(Serbian) Glorija(Slovene) Gloria(Spanish)

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Categories

Edmund Spenser characters, elaborated forms, ends in -ana, footballers, glory, literature, mountaineers, politics, rare English
Entry updated June 9, 2023