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 [ 2 syll. cal-lie, ca-ll-ie ] The girl name Callie is also used as a boy name, though it is far more popular for girls. It is pronounced KAOLiy KEY. Callie has its origins in the Greek, Old Greek, Old French, and Germanic languages. It is used largely in English. Callie has 23 forms. Forms of the name include Cahlie, Cal, Cali, Calli, Kahle, Kahlei, Kahley, Kal, Kalei, Kali (used in Indian as well), Kalle, and Kalli. Other English forms include the spelling variants Calee, Calie, Callee, Calley, Cally, Kaleigh, Kaley, Kallee, Kallie, Kally, and Kaly. In addition, Callie is a pet form (English) of the Italian Calvina. Callie is also a short form (English) of the English and German Callista. Callie is also a pet form (English) of the English and French Caroline. Callie is also a form of the English Calandra. Callie is also a pet form (English) of the Greek and Latinized Calliope. Callie is popular as a baby girl name. In 1900, 0.098% of baby girls were named Callie. It had a ranking of #175 then. The baby name has substantially slipped in popularity since then, and in recent times it is of only very modest use. In 2008, it ranked at #233 with a usage of 0.071%, but it was nevertheless the 2nd most popular after the English and French Caroline, among all girl names in its family. The name was twice as popular as Callie in 2008. Callie has mainly been a girl name in the last century. There were 11 times more girls than boys who were named Callie in 1908. Baby names that sound like Callie include the English Callee, the English Kallee, the English Caela, the English Caelee, the English Caeleigh, the English Caeley, the English Caeli, the English Caelie, the English Cahlie, the English Caihla, the English Caila, the English Caileigh, the English Cailey, the English Caili, the English Cailie, the English Caily, the Arabic Cala, the English Caleigh, the English Cali, and the English Calie. A famous person named Callie is Katherine Anne Porter, Author, born Callie Russell Porter 15 May 1890 - 18 September 1980, Indian Creek, Texas. KEY: Pronunciation for Callie: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
