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Cleta - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Cleta

[ syll. cle-ta, cl-eta ] The girl name Cleta is pronounced KLEHTah †. Cleta has its origins in the Greek language and it is used largely in Spanish. The meaning of Cleta is 'glorious'. Cleta is the feminine version of the English Clitus.

Cleta is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1935, 0.013% of baby girls were named Cleta. It was #549 in rank then. The baby name has dropped out of favor since then, and is currently of only irregular use. Within all girl names in its family, Cleta was nevertheless the most popular in 2009.

Baby names that sound like Cleta include the English Claudee, the English and French Claudette, the English Claudi, the English Claudie, the name Claudya, the Irish Clodagh, the name Clodo, the Greek Clytie, the English and French Colette, the name Collet, the English Collete, the English Collett, the English and French Collette, the English and Scandinavian Kelda, the Urdu Khaleda, the Arabic Khaloud, the Arabic Khuloud, the Czech Klaudie, the English Kolette, and the name Kollette.

 



† approx English pronunciation for Cleta: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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