Baby name

STABLE GIRL · LATIN-PORTUGUESE
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Glaucia

/GLOW · syah/


“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.

glau

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.