Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Glorious isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Glorious through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 320
- 0 boys · 320 girls
- Most popular year
- 1948
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −72%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1948. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 337 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.
Glorious’s family of names
In English usage, Glorious as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Chinese form 丕.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Glorious, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
Phyllis
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Janis
Janis is used as a given name and a surname. Janis is connected with Janice and John.
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Marilee
>99% girls
Georgette
“farmer” · “one who works the earth”
>99% girls