Meanings
cleopatra1
Cleopatra2
plural Cleopatras · alternative Kleopatra
- rareA female given name from Ancient Greek.
plural Cleopatras · alternative Kleopatra
- A woman of great seductive beauty.
Inanna becomes the archetype for all the Cleopatras to come; she is "the bitch goddess" who from her first appearance in Sumerian civilization will live on in all other civilizations - in myth and legend, novel and poem, Shakespearean play and Hollywood film.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 165 - The Cleopatra butterfly (Gonepteryx cleopatra).
Origin
- Ancient GreekΚλεοπάτρα
- LatinCleopatra
- Middle EnglishCleopatra
- EnglishCleopatra
From Middle English Cleopatra, from Latin Cleopatra, from Ancient Greek Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopátra), meaning "glory of her father", from κλέος (kléos, “glory”) + πατήρ (patḗr, “father”).
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Ancient Greek Κλεοπάτρα
- Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopátra)a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Arabic كْلِيوْبَاتْرَا
- كْلِيوْبَاتْرَا (kliwbātrā)a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Bulgarian Клеопа́тра
- Клеопа́тра (Kleopátra)a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Catalan Cleòpatra
- Cleòpatraa given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Chinese Mandarin 克萊奧帕特拉 /克莱奥帕特拉, 克婁巴特拉 /克娄巴特拉
- 克萊奧帕特拉 /克莱奥帕特拉 (Kèlái'àopàtèlā)a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
- 克婁巴特拉 /克娄巴特拉 (Kèlóubātèlā)a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Czech Kleopatra
- Kleopatraa given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Danish Kleopatra
- Kleopatraa given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Esperanto Kleopatra
- Kleopatraa given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Finnish Kleopatra
- Kleopatraa given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
French Cléopâtre
- Cléopâtrea given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
German Kleopatra
- Kleopatraa given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Greek Κλεοπάτρα
- Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopátra)a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Hungarian kleopátralepke, Kleopátra
- kleopátralepkeGonepteryx cleopatra
- Kleopátraa given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Italian Cleopatra
- Cleopatraa given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Japanese クレオパトラ
- クレオパトラ (Kureopatora)a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Korean 클레오파트라
- 클레오파트라 (Keulle'opateura)a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Latin Cleopatra
- Cleopatraa given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Persian کلئوپاترا
- کلئوپاترا (kle'opâtrâ)a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Polish Kleopatra
- Kleopatraa given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Portuguese Cleópatra
- Cleópatraa given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Romanian Cleopatra
- Cleopatraa given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Russian Клеопа́тра
- Клеопа́тра (Kleopátra)a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Slovak Kleopatra
- Kleopatraa given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Spanish Cleopatra
- Cleopatraa given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Thai คลีโอพัตรา
- คลีโอพัตรา (Klii-oo-pát-dtraa)a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Turkish Kleopatra
- Kleopatraa given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Ukrainian Клеопа́тра
- Клеопа́тра (Kleopátra)a given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
Urdu قلوپطرہ
- قلوپطرہa given name of women in the Ptolemy dynasty
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Cite this entry
cleopatra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleopatra
“cleopatra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cleopatra. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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