Names Categorized "glory"

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AEGLE f Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek Αἴγλη (Aigle), which meant "light, radiance, glory". This was the name of several characters in Greek myth, including one of the Heliades and one of the Hesperides.

AMJAD m Arabic
Means "more glorious" in Arabic.

BLAGOSLAV m Bulgarian (Rare)
Bulgarian form of BLAHOSLAV.

BLAHOSLAV m Czech
Derived from the Slavic elements blag meaning "sweet, pleasant, good" and slava meaning "glory".

BRANISLAV m Serbian, Slovak, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
Form of BRONISŁAW in several languages.

BRANISLAVA f Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
Feminine form of BRANISLAV.

BRONISLAV m Czech, Slovak, Russian, Medieval Slavic
Czech and Russian form of BRONISŁAW.

BRONISLAVA f Czech, Slovak, Russian
Czech, Slovak and Russian feminine form of BRONISŁAW.

BRONISŁAW m Polish
Derived from the Slavic elements borna "protection" and slava "glory". A famous Polish anthropologist, Bronisław Malinowski (1884-1942), has borne this name.

BRONISŁAWA f Polish
Feminine form of BRONISŁAW.

BRONISLOVAS m Lithuanian
Lithuanian form of BRONISŁAW.

BRONIUS m Lithuanian
Short form of BRONISLOVAS.

BYEONG-HO m Korean
From Sino-Korean 炳 (byeong) meaning "bright, luminous, glorious" combined with 浩 (ho) meaning "great, numerous, vast" or 昊 (ho) meaning "summer, sky, heaven". Other hanja character combinations are possible.

BYUNG-HO m Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 병호 (see BYEONG-HO).

CLEO f & m English
Short form of CLEOPATRA, CLEON or CLEOPAS.

DIOCLES m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of DIOKLES.

DIOCLETIAN m History
From the Roman cognomen Diocletianus, a derivative of DIOKLES. This was the name of a Roman emperor of the 3rd and 4th centuries. He is remembered for persecuting Christians, but he also reformed and stabilized the crumbling Empire.

DIOCLETIANUS m Ancient Roman
Latin form of DIOCLETIAN.

DIOKLES m Ancient Greek
Means "glory of Zeus" from Greek Διός (Dios) meaning "of ZEUS" and κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory".

DOBROSLAV m Croatian, Serbian, Czech, Bulgarian, Medieval Slavic
Derived from the Slavic elements dobru "good" and slava "glory".

DOBROSLAVA f Czech
Feminine form of DOBROSLAV.

DOBROSŁAWA f Polish
Polish feminine form of DOBROSLAV.

EUCLID m Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
From the Greek name Εὐκλείδης (Eukleides), derived from Greek εὖ (eu) meaning "good" and κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory" with the patronymic suffix ἴδης (ides). This was the name of a 3rd-century BC Greek mathematician from Alexandria who made numerous contributions to geometry.

EUCLIDES m Portuguese, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of EUCLID.

EUKLEIDES m Ancient Greek
Greek form of EUCLID.

FYOKLA f Russian (Rare)
Russian form of THEKLA.

GLÓRIA f Portuguese, Hungarian
Portuguese and Hungarian form of GLORIA.

GLORIA f English, Spanish, Italian, German
Means "glory", from the Portuguese and Spanish titles of the Virgin Mary Maria da Glória and María de Gloria. Maria da Glória (1819-1853) was the daughter of the Brazilian emperor Pedro I, eventually becoming queen of Portugal as Maria II.... [more]

GLORIANA f English (Rare)
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.

GLORINDA f Esperanto
Means "worthy of glory" in Esperanto, ultimately from Latin gloria.

GLORY f English (Rare)
Simply from the English word glory, ultimately from Latin gloria.

NANI f Hawaiian
Means "beauty, glory" in Hawaiian.

PUANANI f Hawaiian
Means "beautiful flower" or "beautiful offspring" from Hawaiian pua "flower, offspring" and nani "beauty, glory".

PYONG-HO m Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 병호 (see BYEONG-HO).

SHEKINAH f Various
From the Hebrew word שׁכִינה (shekhinah) meaning "God's manifested glory" or "God's presence". This word does not appear in the Bible, but later Jewish scholars used it to refer to the dwelling place of God, especially the Temple in Jerusalem.

SIRIPORN f Thai
Derived from Thai ศิริ (sir) meaning "glory, splendour" and พร (phon) meaning "blessing".

SOPHOCLES m Ancient Greek (Latinized)
From the Greek name Σοφοκλῆς (Sophokles), which was derived from Greek σοφός (sophos) meaning "skilled, clever" and κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory". Sophocles was a 5th-century BC Greek tragic poet.

SULISŁAW m Polish (Archaic)
From an old Slavic name that was derived from an element meaning "good" combined with slava "glory".

TECLA f Italian, Spanish
Italian and Spanish form of THEKLA.

TEKLA f Swedish, Georgian, Hungarian, Polish (Archaic)
Form of THEKLA in several languages.

THECLA f Dutch (Rare), Late Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of THEKLA.

THEKLA f German (Rare), Greek (Rare), Late Greek
From the ancient Greek name Θεόκλεια (Theokleia), which meant "glory of God" from the Greek elements θεός (theos) meaning "god" and κλέος (kleos) meaning "glory". This was the name of a 1st-century saint, appearing (as Θέκλα) in the apocryphal Acts of Paul and Thecla. The story tells how Thecla listens to Paul speak about the virtues of chastity and decides to remain a virgin, angering both her mother and her suitor.

THEOKLEIA f Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek form of THEKLA.

TOMISLAV m Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Probably derived from the Slavic element tomiti meaning "torture" combined with slava meaning "glory". This was the name of the first king of Croatia (10th century).

TOMISLAVA f Croatian, Serbian, Medieval Slavic
Feminine form of TOMISLAV.

VINH m & f Vietnamese
From Sino-Vietnamese 榮 (vinh) meaning "glory".

YASH m Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Kannada
Derived from Sanskrit यशस् (yashas) meaning "fame, praise, glory".

YEONG-GI m Korean
From Sino-Korean 榮 (yeong) meaning "glory, honour, flourish, prosper" and 起 (gi) meaning "rise, stand up, begin". Other hanja character combinations are possible.

YOUNG-GI m Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 영기 (see YEONG-GI).