Cleopatra

Meaning

Cleopatra is traditionally explained from Greek elements meaning “fame” and “father,” giving the sense “fame of her father.” The excerpted sources also note it as a name borne by royal women of Egypt and Greece, and one source connects it with the idea of “fame, renown” plus “one's native country, a family,” though the standard meaning given in the excerpts is “fame of her father.”

Origin

Fun fact

The name was once common among royal women of Egypt and Greece, and the French form “Cleo” is noted as a survival of it.