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Cleo

What does Cleo mean?

Cleo Pronunciation of Cleo as a girls' name (also used less regularly as boys' name Cleo) is pronounced KLEE-oh. It is of Greek origin. Short form of Clotilde and Cleopatra.

STARTS WITH Cl-

ASSOCIATED WITH greek

Variations

VARIANTS Clea, Clio

RELATED FORMS VIA CLEOPATRA, CLOTILDE Cleona, Cleone, Cleonie, Cleta

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Cleo Marcella (C.M.), ..

How popular is Cleo?

Cleo is a very prominent first name for females (#596 out of 4276, Top 14%) but an unusual last name for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Cleo reached its highest position of #193 in the U.S. during 1910-1919, and is at #1110 currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Cleo name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Cleo outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular varying forms of Cleo (#1110 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) rated in the Top 2000 are Cleona, Cleone, Cleopatra, Cleta and Clotilde. These forms of Cleo reached the top of their popularity a century ago (ADOPTION OF 0.11%) and have become significantly less widespread since (ADOPTION 0.01%, DOWN 88.1%), with the form Cleo becoming less trendy.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Cleo, Cleona, Cleone, Cleopatra, Cleta, Clotilde in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Cleo outside U.S.

Similar Names

Cleo is alike in pronunciation to Chloe, Chloee, Claea, Clo, Cloe, Cloey, Klea, Klio and Kloe. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Calee, Calen, Caley, Cameo, Caro, Cato, Cee, Cele, Celes, Chel, Chelo, Cher, Cile, Clem, Cleona, Cleone, Cleta, Cleva, Coco, Coe, Coel, Cole, Coley, Cree and Theo. These names tend to be less commonly used than Cleo.


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