Given name
Glo
“a renowned and highly praised woman”
Glo is a short form of Gloria. One Latin interpretation is “a renowned and highly praised woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Glo is a short form of Gloria. One Latin interpretation is “a renowned and highly praised woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Glo is a short form of Gloria. An origin associated with Gloria is Latin.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Cebuano usage, Glo is a diminutive of Gloria. In Cebuano usage, Glo is a short form of Gloria.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1936. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Glo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 0 boys · 17 girls
- Most popular year
- 1936
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1950. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1936. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 181 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Glo’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Glo is a diminutive of Gloria. In Cebuano usage, Glo is a short form of Gloria.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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