Gloria
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin, popular during the first half of the 20th century. From Latin gloria (“glory”), first used as a name in 19th-century literature.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Gloria (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Gloria has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2010. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | 15 |
| 2004 | 9 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2006 | 9 |
| 2007 | 9 |
| 2008 | 8 |
| 2009 | 8 |
| 2010 | 26 |
| 2011 | 18 |
| 2012 | 17 |
| 2013 | 18 |
| 2014 | 19 |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2016 | 15 |
| 2017 | 12 |
| 2018 | 13 |
| 2019 | 12 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 11 |
| 2022 | 6 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 374 |
| 2000 | 380 |
| 2001 | 401 |
| 2002 | 424 |
| 2003 | 450 |
| 2004 | 466 |
| 2005 | 484 |
| 2006 | 495 |
| 2007 | 514 |
| 2008 | 533 |
| 2009 | 552 |
| 2010 | 575 |
| 2011 | 598 |
| 2012 | 628 |
| 2013 | 654 |
| 2014 | 677 |
| 2015 | 694 |
| 2016 | 710 |
| 2017 | 734 |
| 2018 | 760 |
| 2019 | 793 |
| 2020 | 803 |
Gloria in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Gloria.Hi! My name is Gloria.
- Gloria bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Gloria lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Gloria i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Gloria this afternoon.
- Glorias mamma är lärare.Gloria's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Glorias mamma is Gloria's mum.
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Questions about Gloria
How do you pronounce Gloria in Swedish?
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What does the name Gloria mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin, popular during the first half of the 20th century. From Latin gloria (“glory”), first used as a name in 19th-century literature.
How popular is Gloria in Sweden?
6 babies were named Gloria in 2022. In 2020, 803 people in Sweden had Gloria as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2010 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.