Given name
Cleetus
“one who has been summoned”
Cleetus is a variant of Cletus. One Greek interpretation is “one who has been summoned.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cleetus is a variant of Cletus. One Greek interpretation is “one who has been summoned.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cleetus is a variant of Cletus. An origin associated with Cletus is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1928. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cleetus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1928. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cleetus’s family of names
Cleetus has a related form in Cletus.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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