# Cleopatra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cleopatra/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “glory of her father”, “glory”, “father” |
| Pronunciation | /kliːoʊˈpætɹə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kleopatra |
| US babies named this | 2,484 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,484 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 330, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Cleopatra, from Latin Cleopatra, from Ancient Greek Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopátra), meaning "glory of her father", from κλέος (kléos, “glory”) + πατήρ (patḗr, “father”).

## What it means

Cleopatra is grouped under famous and father.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 5,984 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8,306 |
| 2013 | 21 | 6,066 |
| 2014 | 18 | 6,776 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5,698 |
| 2016 | 27 | 5,029 |
| 2017 | 29 | 4,723 |
| 2018 | 35 | 4,093 |
| 2019 | 41 | 3,678 |
| 2020 | 41 | 3,632 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,949 |
| 2022 | 52 | 3,132 |
| 2023 | 37 | 3,999 |
| 2024 | 46 | 3,413 |
| 2025 | 42 | 3,590 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 11 | 2,148 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,589 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,717 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,571 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,497 |
| 2020 | 27 | 1,200 |
| 2021 | 24 | 1,311 |
| 2022 | 31 | 1,081 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,819 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,719 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: كْلِيوْبَاتْرَا
- Armenian: Կլեոպատրա
- Bulgarian: Клеопа́тра
- Catalan: Cleòpatra
- Chinese: 克萊奧帕特拉 /克莱奥帕特拉, 克婁巴特拉 /克娄巴特拉
- Czech: Kleopatra
- Danish: Kleopatra
- Esperanto: Kleopatra
- Finnish: Kleopatra
- French: Cléopâtre
- Georgian: კლეოპატრა
- German: Kleopatra
- Greek: Κλεοπάτρα
- Hungarian: Kleopátra
- Italian: Cleopatra
- Japanese: クレオパトラ
- Korean: 클레오파트라
- Latin: Cleopatra
- Polish: Kleopatra
- Portuguese: Cleópatra

## People named Cleopatra

- Cleopatra Coleman, Australian actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.