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Cleon - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Cleon

[ syll. cleo(n), cl-e-on ] The boy name Cleon is pronounced as KLiyahN †. Cleon is mainly used in the Latinized language and its language of origin is Old Greek. Derived from the element 'kleos' with the meaning glory. An original form of the name is Kleon (Old Greek). The name Kleon is a variant form of the name.

Cleon is unusual as a baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1903 with 0.009% of baby boys being named Cleon. Its ranking then was #662. The baby name has since dropped in popularity, and is today of sporadic use. Among all boy names in its group, Cleon was nevertheless the most commonly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Cleon include the name Kleon, the Scottish Caalum, the name Cailen, the English Calen, the name Calhoon, the name Calhoun, the name Calhoune, the German Callan, the name Callhoun, the English and Scottish Callum, the English and Scottish Calum, the Irish Caolan, the Spanish Clemen, the English Clemmie, the English Clemmy, the name Clooney, the name Cloony, the name Cluny, the Irish Coilin, and the English and Irish Colan.

 



† approx English pronunciation for Cleon: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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