Cleo
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning glory, fame; short form of Cleopatra.
How Cleo has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2019 | #968 |
| 2020 | #881 |
| 2021 | #794 |
| 2022 | #664 |
| 2023 | #608 |
| 2024 | #603 |
| 2025 | #577 |
Cleo by the numbers
In 2025, 423 babies in England and Wales were named Cleo. In the US, 168 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 1,048 babies in 1920, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1915, about 1 in 1,100 American girls born that year was called Cleo.
Other names that come from Cleopatra
Like Cleo, 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 Cleo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Cleo
Names that are said the same way as Cleo, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean praise
Like Cleo, 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 Cleo
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