English
Gloria
Gloria comes from Latin gloria ‘glory’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgloria‘glory’
- Englishearliest quotation 1835Gloria
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgloria‘glory’
- Englishearliest quotation 1835Gloria
Earliest quotation: 1835, Jacobus Flax: The Knickerbocker: “Miss Flax, the little thin sister, and Miss Gloria,…”
first attested From Latin gloria (“glory”), first used as a name in 19th-century literature (as stated in the etymology)
Linked words
through Latin gloria ‘glory’
Today it means
name A female given name from Latin, popular during the first half of the 20th century.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin gloria / Gloria