Gloria

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Not planning on using it (think the one currently under manufacture is another boy) but just heard this on the school run - what do you think?
On one hand I think 'Gaynor' but the more I think about it, the more I like it...

Awful :(

I think "Return to the Forbidden Planet"

Gloooooria. G L O R I A!

No. Just no.

I think it's a lovely happy name.

makes me think.of that intern in scrubs. The one who JD tells off for waving too much. You abuse waving.

She's old and falls asleep alot.

so no.... sorry....

I like it.

I love it. Sassy, joyful, and unapologetic.

Great contrast to all the delicate Florences and Amelias.

Hmmm, no, not a fan. Sounds old fashioned in a fuddy duddy way.

Awful, frumpy.

I love it.

Love it!

Jolly, happy, no nonsense.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=3HGaJHhUJR4

Makes me think of this song.

I don't like it at all

Like it a lot.

It's MIL!

It was my favourite auntie's name. A fun, formidable, feisty lady with a sense of mischief and a fondness for the gin.

I don't like Gaynor, but I do like Gloria.

Yes, Gloria, G L O R I A: just can't help it popping into my mind.

Reignbeau beat me to it!

It makes me think of Gloria Swanson, Gloria Estefan, and the wonderful Patti Smith track. It's a great name.

I taught a Glory once, which I much prefer to Gloria, even though I would never use it myself.

I think it's queenly.

Wasn't it coined as an honorific for Queen Elizabeth I? So very appropriate now.

Prefer Gladys

Gladys!

Queen Elizabeth was Gloriana.

Gloria is said to be more recent: www.behindthename.com/name/gloria

I have always associated it with older ladies who wear dramatic makeup and dye their hair jet black.

I'm not entirely sure why, as I've never known a specific Gloria who looks like this.