Clea
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning fame; short form of Cleopatra.
Clea by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Clea. In the US, 15 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 18 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Cleopatra
Like Clea, each of these traces back to Cleopatra: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Clea. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Clea
Names that are said the same way as Clea, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Klea6 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean praise
Like Clea, each of these has praise in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Norahonour, light6,036 in the US (2017)
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Elliottbright fame; a form of Elijah2,996 in the US (2017)
- Elliotbright fame; a form of Elijah544 in England and Wales (2025)
- Judepraised2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
- Augustmajestic, venerable; august one2,295 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Clea
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