I Could Be Gloria

@LindaOHio (178701)
United States
April 18, 2020 4:53am CST
"Gloria" was recorded in 1946 by Bob Hayward with Buddy Baker and His Orchestra. I was born in 1948. Also released in 1946 was a song named "Linda"; and I'm pretty sure that's where I finally got my name from. Now, I don't happen to like the name Linda; but my parents told me that they were going to name me Gloria because of the song. No offense to the Glorias out there; but it makes me glad I'm a Linda. Do you like your name? Were you almost named something else? Photo Credit: Pixabay
Though this classic doo-wop ballad has long been thought of primarily as a vehicle for various group-harmony vocal treatments (Cadillacs, Passions, Manhattan...
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
18 Apr 20
I have a very used name.
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@LadyDuck (471541)
• Switzerland
18 Apr 20
My name is the most common in Italy.
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@LadyDuck (471541)
• Switzerland
18 Apr 20
@Tampa_girl7 My second name is Maria, like yours.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50256)
• United States
18 Apr 20
@LadyDuck it’s a pretty name.
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@Lavanya15 (12888)
• Chennai, India
18 Apr 20
Your Name is really good. I love my name to. My name is Lavanya.
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@LindaOHio (178701)
• United States
18 Apr 20
Thank you. You have a very pretty name.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
18 Apr 20
I love the name and the song.There are two in our family
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@LindaOHio (178701)
• United States
18 Apr 20
Thanks.
@Tampa_girl7 (50256)
• United States
18 Apr 20
My first name is Linda. My mama wanted to name me Sabra Marie, but my daddy wanted to name me after my mama. Daddy won, but they called me by my middle name.
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@LindaOHio (178701)
• United States
18 Apr 20
Interesting.
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@JudyEv (340019)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Apr 20
I always used to say I didn't like Judy but I must have got used to it. I don't even mind Judith now although mostly I only get called that if I'm in trouble.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Apr 20
I don't think about my name one way or another.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
19 Apr 20
I don't really like my name but my paternal grandmother named me after the Rose of Sharon.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
22 Apr 20
@LindaOHio That's true . We are never happy with our names or our bodies.
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@LindaOHio (178701)
• United States
19 Apr 20
I like your name. But that's really the way it usually is, isn't it?
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@TheHorse (218878)
• Walnut Creek, California
18 Apr 20
Funny. I was supposed to be Robert, but my dad's brother's son (my cousin) was born ten days before me, and my uncle "stole" the name for his son. I did not like my name growing up, because it was "odd" in America. I could not get a little license plate for my bicycle like all the Bobs and Jims could. But now I don't mind it.
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@LindaOHio (178701)
• United States
18 Apr 20
I like it.
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
18 Apr 20
I’m used to my name and happy with it. I like how my parents spelled it.
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@thelme55 (77082)
• Germany
18 Apr 20
Yes, I like my name. Linda is a nice name.
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@LindaOHio (178701)
• United States
18 Apr 20
Thanks.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
18 Apr 20
I am not really sure how I got my name.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
18 Apr 20
my family has a tradition of middle initial O's for male children, I like being SOA in the IT world, it stands for start of authority!!!
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@LindaOHio (178701)
• United States
18 Apr 20
Cool!
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@elbaba (29)
• Lagos, Nigeria
19 Apr 20
Either Linda or Gloria all the sound very interesting and love, any of the Names that people call you with so brave it. So I like my name too
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@Hillac (1)
18 Apr 20
A type of old music that was a medication to a wounded soul and mind
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@LadyDuck (471541)
• Switzerland
18 Apr 20
Anna is a the most common name for girls in Italy. I like it because it is short, easy and palindrome too.
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@happylife1 (13404)
• Karachi, Pakistan
18 Apr 20
Oh.. Gloria sound good name
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