Unisex name
Cleo
4,845 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2025. Expression number: 8.
Origin
Shortened from Cleopatra or a variant of Clio. The rare male name derives from names of Ancient Greek origin such as Cleon and Cleopas.From Wiktionary, entry “Cleo”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2025: 423 births. 4,845 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 1,911 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1920: 1,399 births. 45,092 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s and 2020s. It is given to girls (74%) as well as boys (26%). It is still given: 2,402 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2017: 21 births. 223 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 2017. It is still given: 71 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 7,640 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Switzerland | 603* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 442 | 2012–2023 | 46th in 2023 |
| Quebec | 194 | 1980–2025 | — |
| Austria | 181 | 1984–2025 | — |
| Belgium | 132 | 2014–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
3 + 3 + 5 + 6 = 17 → 8
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
5 + 6 = 11
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
3 + 3 = 6
- Digits missing from the name
- 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 3 · expression, creativity, sociability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.