Cleopatra

Where Cleopatra comes from

From Middle English Cleopatra, from Latin Cleopatra, from Ancient Greek Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopátra), meaning "glory of her father", from κλέος (kléos, “glory”) + πατήρ (patḗr, “father”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Cleopatra
  • Ancient Greek
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1889
    First appearance
    #1,147 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1910
    Peak, #1,069
    17 babies named Cleopatra — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1939
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,145.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.