Girl · Greek
Cleo
Say it: KLEE-oh
Meaning
A short form of Cleopatra, from Greek kleos 'glory' and pater 'father'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Given to both sexes in the early 1900s US, mainly girls.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 42,677 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1907, about 1 in 980 girls
- 314 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| French | Cléo |
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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