Cleo Name Meaning & Origin
Cleo
Origin of the name Cleo:
Derived from the Greek kleos (glory, fame). In Greek mythology, Clio is the name of the Muse of history.
From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman.
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Cleo and Cole are anagrams of each other; they contain the same letters.
- Personal experiences with the name Cleo
My mother's name was Cleo, but she always went by "Klee".
My grandmother was a Cleo - her full name was Cleopha
My good friend has twins called Cruise Astron (Astron meaning star)& Cleo Aurae (Aurae meaning breeze) and she also has two other little ones called Cairo Helios (helios meaning sun) and a little girl called Clara Selene (Selene meaning moon)
I love their namesMy name is Cleo, and I adore it. I have never met another Cleo, and I more than likely never will. The only downside about my name is that I can never find key chains or souvenirs with my name on it.
- Nicknames for Cleo
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Klee- Meanings and history of the name Cleo
The spelling Cleo is generally taken as a short form of Cleopatra.
- Famous real-life people named Cleo
TV psychic Miss Cleo
Cleo Buckman Schwimmer (b. 2011), daughter of American actor, director, and producer David Schwimmer- Cleo in song, story & screen
Cleo the goldfish in Pinocchio
Cléo de 5 à 7 -- film by Agnes Varda
Princess Cleo is a minor character in Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess.Cleo Sertori, one of the main characters from the Nickelodeon show H2O: Just Add Water
Cleo from the Clifford books