Names Like Cletus — Find Similar Baby Names
Cletus is a 6-letter Greek boys' name meaning “Summoned”. This page collects 107 such names across 7 kinds of similarity — including spelling variants like Celeus and Cadmus, Greek cousins like Abdera and Abderus, rhyming names ending in -tus like Artus and Cetus, and names sharing the “summoned” concept like Debbie and Debby.
For the full Cletus profile (meaning, popularity history, famous people, state-by-state stats), see the main Cletus page.
Names Similar in Spelling to Cletus
5 baby names that differ from Cletus by 1–3 letters (Levenshtein edit distance). Useful for finding spelling variants and phonetic alternatives.
More Greek Names
24 baby names that share Cletus’s Greek origin.
| Name | Meaning | Gender |
|---|---|---|
| Abdera | From Abdera | Female |
| Abderus | Myth Name (A Friend Of Hercules) | Male |
| Absyrtus | Myth Name (Brother Of Medea) | Male |
| Abydos | From Abydos | Male |
| Acantha | Thorn | Female |
| Acastus | Myth Name (An Argonaut) | Male |
| Acestes | Myth Name | Male |
| Achates | Myth Name (Companion Of Aeneas) | Male |
| Achelous | Myth Name (A River God) | Male |
| Acheron | Myth Name (River Of Woe) | Male |
| Achilles | Lipless | Male |
| Acis | Myth Name (Lover Of Galatea) | Male |
| Aconteus | Myth Name | Male |
| Acrisius | Myth Name (Grandfather Of Perseus) | Male |
| Acteon | Myth Name (A Hunter Torn Apart By His Own Dogs) | Male |
| Adelpha | "Dear Sister."Variants Include Adelphe And Adelphie. | Female |
| Admeta | Myth Name (From A Tale Of Hercules) | Female |
| Admetus | Myth Name (A King Of Pherae) | Male |
| Adrastus | Myth Name (One Of The Attackers In "The Seven Against Thebes") | Male |
| Adrial | Male | |
| Aeacus | Myth Name (Grandfather Of Achilles) | Male |
| Aeaea | Myth Name (Island Of Circe) | Female |
| Aedon | Myth Name (Daughter Of Pandareos) | Female |
| Aeetes | Myth Name (Medea's Father) | Male |
6-Letter C-Names Like Cletus
24 names that share Cletus's exact length (6 letters) and starting letter — a peer cluster for parents who like Cletus's shape and sound.
Today's Most-Popular Boys' Names — Compare to Cletus
Top 12 boys' names by US births in the most recent decade (2014–2024 SSA records). Each link opens a side-by-side comparison with Cletus.
Names That Rhyme with Cletus
18 baby names that share Cletus's last 3 letters — -tus. Useful for rhyming sibling pairs and names with matching phonetic endings.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artus | Noble | French | Male |
| Cetus | Myth Name (Sea Monster Of Poseidon) | Greek | Male |
| Lotus | Flower | Greek | Female |
| Notus | Myth Name (The South Wind) | Greek | Male |
| Titus | Of The Giants | Greek | Male |
| Brutus | Myth Name | English | Male |
| Cestus | Myth Name (Aphrodite's Girdle) | Greek | Female |
| Cottus | Myth Name (A Titan) | Greek | Male |
| Plutus | Myth Name (Wealth) | Greek | Male |
| Pontus | Sea | Greek | Male |
| Acastus | Myth Name (An Argonaut) | Greek | Male |
| Admetus | Myth Name (A King Of Pherae) | Greek | Male |
| Cocytus | Myth Name (River Of Lamenting) | Greek | Male |
| Iapetus | Myth Name (A Titan) | Greek | Male |
| Iphitus | Myth Name (Brother Of Iole) | Greek | Male |
| Absyrtus | Myth Name (Brother Of Medea) | Greek | Male |
| Adrastus | Myth Name (One Of The Attackers In "The Seven Against Thebes") | Greek | Male |
| Aegyptus | Myth Name (Father Of Danaides) | Greek | Male |
Names That Start Like Cletus
18 baby names that begin with the same opening sound as Cletus — Cle-. Good for parents who like Cletus's opening but want a different ending, or for matched-initial sibling sets.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleo | Famed | Greek | Female |
| Cleit | Rocky Eminence | Scottish | Male |
| Cleon | From The Cliff | English | Male |
| Cleva | Dwells At The Cliffs | English | Female |
| Cleve | Cliffs: Abbreviation Of Cleveland. | English | Male |
| Cleary | Scholar | Gaelic | Male |
| Clevon | From The Cliff | English | Male |
| Cleavon | Cliff. | English | Male |
| Clennan | Finnian's Servant | Scottish | Male |
| Cleobis | Myth Name (Son Of A Priestess) | Greek | Male |
| Cleonie | From The Greek Cleone Daughter Of A River God | Irish | Female |
| Cleantha | Glory | English | Female |
| Clematis | Flower Name | Greek | Female |
| Clemence | Clemency: Mercy. Clemence Was The Mythological Roman Goddess Of Pity. | French | Female |
| Cleopatra | Her Father's Fame | Greek | Female |
| Cleveland | From The Cliff Land | English | Male |
| Clementina | Clemency: Mercy. Clemence Was The Mythological Roman Goddess Of Pity. | French | Female |
| Clementine | Clemency: Mercy. Clemence Was The Mythological Roman Goddess Of Pity. | French | Female |