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 [ syll. cal-lis-ta, ca-lli-sta ] The girl name Callista is pronounced KAELLIYSTah KEY. Callista's language of origin is Old Greek. It is predominantly used in English and German. Derived from kallistos which means 'most beautiful' ; kalos which means 'fair, beautiful, handsome'. Original forms of the name include Callisto (Latin) and Kallisto (Latin). The name Kallisto or Callisto was borne in Greek mythology by the love interest of Zeus; she was turned by Zeus' jealous wife Hera into a bear and subsequently the Great Bear constellation. The Latinized feminine name with the '-a' ending is more commonly found, as Callisto is also a masculine Italian name. In recent times, a variant of the name has been popularized by the actress Calista Flockhart (1964-). Callista is the feminine version of the Italian Callisto. A form of Callista is the English and German Calista. Another variant of the name is the English short form Callie. Callista is not often used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. In 2008, among the family of girl names directly related to Callista, the English Callie was the most frequently used. A baby name that sounds like Callista is the English and German Calista. KEY: approx pronunciation for Callista: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
