Callista - Origin and Meaning of the name

The girl name Callista [ syll. cal-lis-ta, ca-lli-sta ] 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'. In the late 20th century, a variant of the name was popularized by The US actress Calista Flockhart (1964-) via the popular US television series Ally McBeal. 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 2007, 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)"

Popularity Trend
for Callista
from 1900 to 2007

Variant Popularity Chart
for Callista
in 2007