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Clea

American  
[klee-uh] / ˈkli ə /

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Cleopatra.


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Beauty founder Patrick Starrr, fashion designer Aimee Song and the Home Edit’s organizational gurus Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin are some of DBA’s clients.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

“She is drawn to complicated characters, flawed characters,” said the actress and director Clea DuVall, Lynskey’s friend for 25 years.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2023

Newman, who died in 2008, had three daughters with his second wife, fellow actor Joanne Woodward: Nell, Lissy and Clea.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2022

Both founder Kathryn Dhall and Clea Newman, who runs the SeriousFun Children’s Network that was started by her father, the late actor Paul Newman, attended the tournament.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2022

Plutarch gathered about him a learned circle of women, of whom the chief was Clea, the clever matron of Delphi, to whom he dedicated several of his works, and Eurydice, who enjoyed his instruction.

From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell