Cleopatra

The second element of this name does not necessarily consist of the genitive of πατήρ (pater). It can also easily be the Greek noun πάτρα (patra) meaning "fatherland, native land", which is of course closely related:

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- see the entry for Kleopatra at Pavlos' Etymologica: http://web.archive.org/web/20120325073616/http://www.etymologica.com/page14.htm (in English)
- πάτρα (patra) meaning "fatherland, native land":
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Ftra&la=greek&can=pa%2Ftra (in English)
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1#Ancient_Greek (in English)
• https://lsj.gr/wiki/%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B1 (in English)

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The Epic Greek form of that word is πάτρη (patre), and a synonym is πατρίς (patris):

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- πάτρη (patre):
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=pa%2Ftrh&la=greek&can=pa%2Ftrh (in English)
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B7#Ancient_Greek (in English)
• https://lsj.gr/wiki/%CF%80%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B7 (in English)
- πατρίς (patris):
• http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=patri%2Fs&la=greek&can=patri%2Fs (in English)
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%82#Ancient_Greek (in English)
• https://lsj.gr/wiki/%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%82 (in English)

The name Cleopatra in Greek is a combination of two different Greek words "Cleo" in ancient Greek is "Kleos" and means "glory", so that person has glory. The second word "patra" comes from the Greek word "pater" meaning father, so the name means "the glory of the father". They gave her that name because her father chose her as the next Pharaoh.

One of the first bearers of the name was Kleopatra the sister of Alexander the Great. In use in ancient Greece was also the masculine "Kleopatros".