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Cleo

feminine

93First-name usabilityHighly workable
Evidence coverageGood

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English, a short form of Cleopatra, Cleon, or Cleopas (ultimately Ancient Greek).

Why it works

  • English speakers will almost certainly pronounce it correctly on the first try
  • spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating

What to know

pronunciation varies somewhat by language — see "How it travels" for the specifics

Popularity

Uncommon — #577 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Meaning and origin

Cleo means Cleo is a short form of longer Greek-derived names — most often Cleopatra, but also Cleon or Cleopas. Cleopatra itself derives from Greek kleos ('glory') + pater ('father'), i.e. 'glory of her father'; as a short form, Cleo does not carry an independent lexical meaning of its own.

Documented origin: English, a short form of Cleopatra, Cleon, or Cleopas (ultimately Ancient Greek).

Documented as a variant or related form of another name.

How it travels

English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.

EnglishKLEE-oh — US Englishresearched pronunciation
TurkishEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; Turkish pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to Turkish speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis
GermanEnglish tends to reduce unstressed vowels; German pronounces vowels at full value, so the ending may sound crisper to German speakers than to English speakers.deterministic phonetic analysis

Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.

Popularity without panic

Uncommon — #577 in the latest U.S. ranking.

Still uncommon, but no longer unfamiliar.

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Real-world considerations

  • Spelling note: Chloe.
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Cleon

Documented as a related name or variant form.

Cleopatra

Documented as a related name or variant form.

Cleopas

Documented as a related name or variant form.