Girl · Greek
Cleopatra
Say it: klee-oh-PAT-ruh
Meaning
From Greek kleos 'glory' and patēr 'father'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A Macedonian and Ptolemaic royal name.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1910s
In the United States
- 2,265 babies given this name since 1889
- At its height in 1910, about 1 in 23,300 girls
- 39 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kleopatra
| Greek | Kleopatra |
|---|---|
| Italian | Cleopatra |
Famous bearers
- Cleopatra VII, last Ptolemaic queen of Egypt
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Ancient Greek literature and history (Homer, Herodotus, Plutarch and others)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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