Meaning and history
This name comes from the Greek Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopatra), meaning “glory of the father,” from κλέος (kleos) “glory” and πατήρ (pater) “father” (genitive πατρός). It was borne by queens of Egypt in the Ptolemaic royal family, especially Cleopatra VII, the mistress of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, who died by suicide after her defeat by Augustus, traditionally said to have been from a venomous asp. Shakespeare’s tragedy Antony and Cleopatra (1606) dramatizes her life.
20062006: 19 births, rank #6,592
2007: 17 births, rank #7,394
2008: 20 births, rank #6,559
2009: 10 births, rank #10,679
2010: 14 births, rank #8,271
20112011: 22 births, rank #5,935
2012: 14 births, rank #8,208
2013: 21 births, rank #6,017
2014: 18 births, rank #6,713
2015: 23 births, rank #5,653
20162016: 27 births, rank #4,990
2017: 29 births, rank #4,695
2018: 35 births, rank #4,076
2019: 41 births, rank #3,665
2020: 41 births, rank #3,607
20212021: 37 births, rank #3,935
2022: 52 births, rank #3,123
2023: 37 births, rank #3,984
2024: 46 births, rank #3,395
20252025: 42 births, rank #3,577
In 2025, 42 babies were recorded with the name Cleopatra, ranking #3,577 among girls.