Gloria?

[Gateau]

What do you think of this one?

[daisydora]

Sorry but I'm just in the middle of watching Madagascar with DD - its the name of the hippo! Its clouding my judgement.

If it wasn't for the hippo I think its quite nice.

[AitchTwoOh]

i think it's kind of hilarious but then i knew an american girl a long time ago who was a gloria known as glory, which really suited her.

[clemette]

I think it's dreadful.

[Gateau]

It's popular in Spain.
It sounds kind of gaudy but I quite like that. My late aunt was also called Gloria but I really son;t know if her daughter would be pleased if I used it.

[AitchTwoOh]

it is gaudy, isn't it? lol. glory, honestly, was a magnificent creature. what about gloriana, that's even more blowsy but sounds posher.

[nickelbabe]

ooh, don't like gloriana.
sounds really pretentious.
I like Glorie or Glory...

gloria sounds like a granny

[GorgonsGin]

my MIL's name. People call her "Glo"

[Sunshinemummy]

I know a three year old called Gloria and it really suits her.

[GorgonsGin]

mrs woolf - my MIL

[jellybeans]

Really awful old lady name, sorry.

[castille]

Not my bag. Reminds me of a happy clappy evangelist I used to know

[tummytickler]

I know a 3 year old Gloria too, and it really suits her!
I love the name Gloria!

[Mammina]

not my cup of tea sorry, makes me think of gloria hunniford

[WinkyWinkola]

Makes me think of blousy, buxom bar maids.

[MamaLazarou]

Gloria is a brilliant, glamorous name!

Also like Glorie.

[MockDuck]

This caught my eye because I've been considering Gloria, prompted mainly by the Patti Smith song and partly because I think it has a wonderful meaning.

I think associations are irrelevant at the end of the day: children claim a name and make it their own. Over the past few years I've met babies and toddlers called Agnes, Stanley, Eric, and lots of other names where my first reaction was, 'old lady/old man's name'. Within months, I can't think of it as anything but their own name, and you start appreciating the name for its own qualities rather than any associations you might have.

Everyone has very personal associations with names: it's not very useful to say 'Ooh, I knew a xxx at school and she was horrible' (people still do it though, don't they?!). I say, if you like it yourself and there are no famously denigrated examples in popular culture at the moment (Jordan?), go for it!

Of course, the next thing that happens is that you choose a totally inoffensive name and then someone awful rises to prominence three years later...

[HollyBunda]

My dd middle name is Glory. I love Gloria though!

[loobylu3]

I think it's lovely!

[Fimbo]

Its horribly naff. It's my sil's mother's name.

[audley]

I keep thinking about this one too, I like it

[Momdeguerre]

Makes me wonder how you will be able to say hello to her first thing 'Morning, Glory' .

[MaggieBeBold]

Not terribly keen even tho there is a lovely member of my extended family with this name.

[Reginamygina]

Mrs Woolf, my Mil too.

Gloria would be an awful choice of name, but only because my Mil is a nutter.

I can't imagine someone under 60 called that, sorry.