Cleo

Cleo is a baby name of Greek origin, meaning Glory; pride.

What Cleo means

Glory; pride.

Cleo is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.

Where Cleo comes from

Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.

Cleo is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.

How popular is Cleo?

In the baby name rankings we track, Cleo falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.

The character of Cleo

The thread we file Cleo under is the long-established classics — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.

Themes: Classic

Names like Cleo

These share Cleo's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

• Cora — Maiden.
• Alexander — Defender of the people.
• Catherine — Pure.
• Margaret — Pearl.
• Penelope — Weaver; faithful.
• Sophia — Wisdom.
• Theodore — Gift of God.
• Adonis — Lord; supremely handsome.
• Agnes — Pure and holy.
• Ariadne — Most holy and pure.
• Atticus — From Attica; of Athens.
• Dorothy — Gift of God.

More Greek names

• Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.
• Cora — Maiden.
• Catherine — Pure.
• Cosima — Order; beauty; the universe.
• Castor — The shining one; a bright star.
• Cosmo — Order; the universe.
• Cassia — Cinnamon; a sweet spice.
• Cosmos — Harmony; the cosmos flower.
• Cassandra — Shining upon man; a prophetess.
• Crystal — Clear, brilliant ice.