Calixto

A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning most beautiful.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Calixto by the numbers

Calixto was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Calixto. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Carlitoa diminutive of Carlo; a form of Charles meaning free man34 in the US (2017)
  • Calixcup, chalice6 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean beauty

Like Calixto, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 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)
  • Beauhandsome487 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alanfair or handsome2,441 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Calixto

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