Gloire

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Gloire is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name1.8K records spelled Gloire5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Congo - Kinshasa, United States, Netherlands, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Glõire

• Portuguese given name778 records spelled Gloire4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Congo - Kinshasa, United States, Brazil, Belgium

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Gloïrë, Gĺõîŕê

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Gloire is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In enm, alternative form of glorie

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Slava

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Gloire Amandab. 1998TZassociation football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 51 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Gloire?

We estimate roughly 45 people bear Gloire (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Gloire have the most bearers?

Gloire is most frequently recorded in the Congo - Kinshasa, where it is most often spelled gloire.

How common is Gloire compared with other names?

In the Congo - Kinshasa, Gloire is the most common given name of 18,770 given names recorded there.

Is Gloire a male or female name?

Gloire is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Gloire mean?

Recorded meaning: glory