Gloria

[fromo]

What do you think of the name Gloria for a baby girl? Honesty please!

[tiredteddy]

I love it!

[effingwotsits]

Not great. Sorry.

[YouMayLogOut]

I like it :)

[pinkandyellowbutterfly]

I taught a Glory at school, it was very cute. Not a Gloria though.

[Anonymumous]

Secretly I really like it, but Gloria Hunniford puts me off. I also like Glory (although it is a bit similar to 'gory' I suppose).

[Lyftiduft]

My first thought is Tara Fitzgerald's character in Brassed Off and the line 'glorious tits more like' when she first appears (sorry- I've shown it at school, adolescent boys have a good snigger then).

[squoosh]

I love it. A breath of fresh air.

[ripsishere]

I think it's a fantastic name. DD could have been Gloria except the second letter of her surname is L so it sounded rubbish.

[hatebeak]

Fabulous. I know a little Gloria - it's such a strong name without being silly. I quite like Glory too, but then maybe it's a bit Buffy The Vampire Slayer - and a bit harder to pull off...

[Pasiphae]

It's a great name.
And Glorianna too.

[Jusfloatingby]

Really don't like it. It makes me think of an old fashioned pinny and curlers type woman.

[delilah88]

It's brilliant - I really like it. Well done you thinking up such a happy, unexpected name!

[MadBusLady]

Love it. And Glory is a great nn.

[littletomato]

I used to have a bad impression of the name Gloria, too girly/80s/something. but now i think it's come around and is starting to sound fresh (to me) again. Go for it!!

[nancerama]

It was the name of my auntie. Glo for short. She was the most amazing, vivacious, brave, determined, fearless lady I have ever met. I miss her every day. It would have been DS's middle name if he'd been a girl.

[TheMightyMojoceratops]

Glooo-ooo-ooo-oo-oo-ooo-ooo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ria... Hosanna in excelsis!!

[Londonmrss]

Love it because of Patti Smith's version of the song 'Gloria'.

[Ilovedaintynuts]

Awful. Know a few old battle axes called Gloria.
All the people suggesting 'glory' as a NN have never heard of "glory hole" then? A fairly well known sexual fetish

[squoosh]

I do like that hymn, alternatively it could be

I'm gonna shout it all night gloria
I'm gonna shout it every day gloria
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah,
Looks so good gloria
All right, feel so good gloria

[MadBusLady]

Y-yes, but I wouldn't associate the two any more than I'd snigger every time I hear the word "cottage". Words can have multiple meanings and associations, and some are stronger/weaker than others. I don't think Glory is anything like as strongly associated with glory holes than (for example) Fanny is with, er, fanjos.

[NymphadoraTonks]

I think its going to have a comeback in the next few years

[YokoOhNo]

My MIL.

Also, if you're Catholic, it's just reminds me of singing the "Gloria".

[fromo]

Thank you! SO pleased at the positive response!!