"My husband was like, 'Well, we're going to give her a full name, right? And the nickname is Cleo?' And I was like, 'Cleopatra?' ” she told host Ellen DeGeneres. “And he was like, 'Yeah ...

Well, this is certainly what happened with Cleopatra and brother/husband Ptolemy, as when he turned 13 in 49 BCE he quite fancied ruling without his sister/wife. He conspired against her ...

my husband was like, ‘Well, we’re gonna give her a full name, right? And the nickname is Cleo’,” she explained. “He’s like, ‘Yeah, the full name’s Cleopatra,’ and I was sort of like, ‘OK fine, ...