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Cleo

Cleo: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“glory”
Origin
Greek
Say it
KLEE-oh · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (74% girls, 26% boys since 1880)

Short form of names beginning with Kleo-, such as Cleopatra and Cleon, from Greek kleos 'glory.'

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How popular is Cleo?

2024155 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Cleo in 2024516

2024 rank#604 girls

Peak year1907

Total US babies since 188044,552

Cleo is rising: use over the last five years is 4.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Cleo

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Angelmessenger · Greek
  • Phoenixdark red · Greek
  • Onyxclaw; black gemstone · Greek
  • Oceanocean, great sea · Greek
  • Parisuncertain meaning · Greek
  • IndigoIndian dye, indigo blue · Greek
  • Psalmsacred song · Greek
  • Zephyrwest wind · Greek

Cleo questions

What does the name Cleo mean?

Cleo means "glory". It comes from Greek. Short form of names beginning with Kleo-, such as Cleopatra and Cleon, from Greek kleos 'glory.'

Is Cleo a boy or girl name?

Cleo is used for both: about 74% of US babies named Cleo since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Cleo?

516 US babies were named Cleo in 2024. Its peak year was 1907.

How do you pronounce Cleo?

Cleo is usually pronounced KLEE-oh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.