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I like it but wouldn't use it as a first name in real life. Possibly as a mn.

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As an Aussie, the magazine wasn't the first thing I thought of, and it wouldn't deter me from using the name if I really, really wanted to.

I like it. I think it sounds strong and different than the norm.

I don't like Cleo, it's a name for a cat, especially a wise-cracking cat in a book. Very hard to picture a real person named Cleo. There is a reporter with our local CBS afiliate named Cleo Green; she's a pretty girl but sometimes I get the impression she isn't very bright.
Also, there's this "psychic" in the US called Miss Cleo, one of those that run infomercials late at night and idiots call her up and hand over all their money. Cleo isn't her real name, but I say she picked well when she named herself that.

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We don't have a magazine of that name here, but if it's as well-known as say, Cosmopolitan or Vogue, yes, that would be enough to put me off using the name.

My first car was Renault Clio, so that's the first thing I think of. I think Cleo is ok, but I wouldn't use ir myself. Its a bit too similar to the super popular Chloe, which I really dislike due to personal associations. I like Cleo on a cat!

I don't mind it as a name but it has too many other connotations that I would not use it. It reminds me of the goldfish in Pinnochio and of Miss Cleo the physic who committed fraud.

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"Miss Cleo will answer all your questions"

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Sorry it's a no go from me.

I think Cleo is a lovely name, and as an Australian I'm not at all put off by the magazine (I never take notice of those magazines anyway). I know a girl named Cleo who'd very nice, so that probably shapes my opinion of it. I think Cleo works fine as a full name, though if you're thinking about using it as a nickname, I recommend Cliodhna (klee-on-a). Cleopatra sounds a bit too dramatic in my opinion.

Cleo looks nicknamey to me. Perhaps the magazine doesn't help, but it's done Elle and Marie Claire no harm!

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Cleopatra might be a bit ambitious? But what about Cleone? Pronounced clee-OH-nee, it shortens obligingly to Cleo but has a different vibe. (I know one here in SA, and another one is/was a radio DJ on an adult-pop/rock station.)