Baby name
STABLE
🇧🇷 🇵🇹 Glaucia
/GLOW · syah/
Meaning
“Gray-green or sea-colored”
Brazilian and Portuguese feminine name from Latin 'glaucus' meaning gray-green or sea-colored; derived from the same root as the Greek sea deity Glaucus.
Nicknames
glau
Vibe
strongwarm
How it ages.
Carries a mid-century Brazilian identity; unlikely to return to mainstream use.
The cultural moment.
Common in Brazil from the 1950s through 1970s; now considered a vintage name.