Given name
Cleone
“a father's glory; of the royal family”·“a well-known man”
Cleone is a variant of Cleopatra. One Greek interpretation is “a father's glory; of the royal family.” Cleone is a variant of Cleon. One Greek interpretation is “a well-known man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Cleone is a variant of Cleopatra. One Greek interpretation is “a father's glory; of the royal family.” Cleone is a variant of Cleon. One Greek interpretation is “a well-known man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Cleone is a variant of Cleopatra. An origin associated with Cleopatra is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1890. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Cleone through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,325
- 5 boys · 1,320 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 50 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 7 in 1957. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 50 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 444 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Cleone’s family of names
Cleone has a related form in Cleopatra. Cleone has a related form in Cleon. In Italian usage, Cleone has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Κλέων.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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