Calista - Meaning of Calista

What does Calista mean?

Pronounce
Calista

[ 3 syll. ca-lis-ta, cal-i-sta ] The baby girl name Calista is pronounced Kah-LIHS-Tah in English †. Calista's origin is Old Greek, and its use, English and German.

Calista is a variant form of the English and German Callista.

Calista is also a variant form of the English Callisto.

See also the related category german.

Calista is uncommon as a baby name for girls. At the height of its usage in 1999, 0.025% of baby girls were given the name Calista. Its ranking then was #519. The baby name has since substantially declined in popularity, and is used only on a very modest scale today. Within all girl names in its group, Calista was nonetheless the most frequently used in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Calista include Kalysta, Calidah, Callysta, Clodia, Closeta, Closetta, Khalidah, Caelestis, and Cannelitah.

† Pronunciation for Calista: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"

A famous person named Calista is Actress Calista Flockhart, born 11 November 1964, Freeport, Illinois.