Cleora
Feminine · “glory”
One syllable separates this from Clora and it is a real one. Clora is two beats; Cleora is three, because an e and an o will not run together the way a single vowel does, and the added syllable changes the whole rhythm of the name rather than only its appearance.
How old is the name Cleora?
Cleora first appears in US birth records in 1883 — 142 years ago. The typical Cleora alive today was born around 1921, making them about 104 years old. About 200 people named Cleora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Cleora most popular?
Cleora peaked in 1883, reaching #692 nationally. See the whole 1883 chart.
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Where it comes from
From kleos to Cleora
The story of Cleora
That mixture is common and worth noticing. A real classical element gives a name authority — Cleo- opens Cleopatra, Cleomenes and Cleanthes, and any of them would be at home in a Greek inscription — and the ending attached here would not be. It is an American suffix, part of the small family that produced Ceola and Veola and Leola in the same decades, and it does not exist in Greek in that position. The result is a name that is genuinely half ancient, which is more than most names of its shape can claim and less than the front half promises.
Meaningscholars disagree
glory, with an ending carrying no sense
The front element is a genuine Greek word meaning fame or glory, which opens a long list of ancient names. The ending is not Greek at all, so the compound is half inherited and half invented.
How the name formed
- kleos
- Cleora
Pronouncing Cleora
klee-OR-uh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The two vowels at the front are read separately, which the spelling does signal if read carefully.
Nicknames for Cleora
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1883
- Most girls named
- 191868 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #692reached in 1883
- Change vs 1962
- −16.7%5 in 1982, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Cleoras among us
people named Cleora are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Cleora sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Cleo sits inside it as a short form that is entirely current.
- The front element is genuinely Greek rather than decorative.
- The rhythm is even and the name carries well.
- Clora and Cleora get confused constantly in writing.
- The ending is not Greek and gives the name a false completeness.
- The generation that used it is now very old.
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Frequently asked
- How many Cleoras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 200 people named Cleora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Cleora in 2025?
- Cleora is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Cleora with classmates?
- Cleora will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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