Neutral
Cleo
Rooted in Greek, Cleo is a gender-neutral name that means "Greek kleos (glory) + patris (father), glory of the father". It was at its most popular in the 1920s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is a solidly familiar choice. 1920 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
EtymologyShort for Cleopatra
GreekGreek "kleos" (glory) + "patris" (father) – "glory of the father"
Births by decade
1900s
2,878
1910s
9,717
1920s
11,187
1930s
6,059
1940s
3,508
1950s
2,194
1960s
1,030
1970s
661
1980s
544
1990s
641
2000s
702
2010s
978
Peaked in the 1920s · 40,099 total U.S. births since 1900