Chleo

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Chleo by the numbers

Chleo was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Chleo

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Chleo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cleoglory, fame; short form of Cleopatra423 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Chlogreen shoot or verdant; form of Chloe8 in the US (2017)
  • Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
  • Chloeegreen shoot; a spelling variant of Chloe51 in the US (2017)
  • Cholegreen shoot; a spelling variant of Chloe42 in the US (2017)
  • Caleystrife or battle; a form of Caolán12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Chleo

Names that are said the same way as Chleo, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kleoglory; a form of Cleo10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kleiovariant spelling of Clio, muse of history4 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Chleo

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