Given name
Cleopas
“glory of the father”
Cleopas is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek.
Original GreekΚλεοπας
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Cleopas means “glory of the father.”
From biblical name research
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Cleopas appears in Luke 24:18, John 19:25.
- Luke 24:18
- John 19:25
From biblical name research
Cleopas’s family of names
In English usage, Cleopas was borrowed from the Ancient Greek form Κλεοπᾶς.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Cleopas
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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