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Gloria

Pronunciation: GLOH-ree-ə (key)

Origin of the name Gloria:

Derived from the Latin glōria (glory), Gloria was not used as a given name until the 20th century, when George Bernard Shaw used it as the name of a character in his 1898 play You Never Can Tell.

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Alma Angelina Araceli Barbara Carmen Daniel David Grace Gregory Guadalupe Irma Jose Joseph Juan Lee Manuel Mario Mary Nancy Patricia Richard Robert Silvia Veronica Vivian
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Glo, Glory, Lory, Loria, Glora, Lore, Laria

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Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer
Gloria Gaynor, American singer (I Will Survive)
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, current President of the Philippines
Gloria Steinem, American feminist, journalist, and political activist
Gloria Swanson, American actor (Sunset Boulevard)
Gloria Trevi, singer

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Gloria in Excelsis Deo (Glory to God in the Highest), a hymn dating back to the 300s.

Gloria, an Italian pop song recorded by Umberto Tozzi in 1979. American singer Laura Branigan covered a translated version of the song in 1982.

Gloria, a classic rock song written by Van Morrison and recorded by his band Them

Gloria, a 1980 film drama directed by John Cassavetes and starring Gena Rowland. It was remade in 1999 by Sidney Lumet and Sharon Stone.

Gloria Bunker Stivic (played by Sally Struthers), a supporting character on the American television comedy All in the Family

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