Have I gone completely crazy? Cleopatra nn Leo

[geeknamezyo]

I've always sort of liked the nn Leo on a girl. The name feels like it can be feminine to me (in the same vein as Hero, Juno, etc.) I would use it as an nn for Leora/Liora rather than Cleopatra though. I like the suggestions of Leona and Cleo, too.

[bex]

I love it!!

[lineska]

I also like Cleo better than Leo on a little girl.

I will say, several years ago I answered the phone at work and spoke with a woman named Cleopatra. I actually had her repeat/spell it because I was sure I heard her wrong the first time! It was just very surprising. The name has a pretty sound to it, and Cleo/Leo, cute yes, but just be prepared for the occasional raised eyebrow.

[redwoodfey]

I think Leo as a nn is fine. I don't mind boy nicknames on girls. I love Cleo/Clio and prefer that to Leo. There's Leocadia if you want some other ways to get to Leo. My boyfriend is in love with Leocadia right now.

[mischa]

Cleopatra is a ONE WOMAN name in my opinion (eg. Madonna, Cher, Oprah). She wasn't exactly an admirable person, was she? She did meet a tragic end by suicide. Cleo, Leonie or Leona with the nn Leo would be more user friendly choices.

[stripedsocks]

How can Cleopatra be a one-woman name when there were several different ancient Egyptian Cleopatras?

Look how many ancient Cleopatras there were! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra_(disambiguation)

I've known a couple different girls/women by this name. I will say it's the sort of name that sounds a bit "a name for a cat" but so are Sabrina and Tabitha and I like both of those on real girls too.

For Leo I would prefer Leontine or Leona, or even Leora, but there's nothing unusable to my ear about Cleopatra.

[scarletrune]

I vastly prefer Cleo to Leo.