Calista
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning most beautiful.
Calista by the numbers
In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Calista. In the US, 148 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 490 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.
Names that come from Calista
Forms of Calista in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Calliebeautiful; a form of Calista or Calliope270 in England and Wales (2025)
- Callybeautiful or lovely; diminutive of Calista7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Callie-Rosebeautiful; a form of Calista with Rose8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Callie-Maebeautiful; a diminutive of Calista with Mae5 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Calista. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Callistamost beautiful; a form of Callisto10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Calissamost beautiful; a form of Calista20 in the US (2017)
- Calystamost beautiful or loveliest14 in the US (2017)
- Carissagrace; beloved129 in the US (2017)
- Christafollower of christ; a form of Christina46 in the US (2017)
- Carisaa spelling variant of Charissa; grace or charity6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Calista
Names that are said the same way as Calista, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean beauty
Like Calista, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Annabellegrace and beauty combined form2,601 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Calista
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