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Probably thanks to the Simpsons, cletus will always be known as a red-neck name

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Short form of Anacletus.
Anglicized form of Kleitos, "splendid, famous".

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Pope Anacletus, also called Pope Cletus, was the third Roman Pope.

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Cletus, the Slack-Jawed Yokel, from The Simpsons