Kalista

A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning most beautiful; from kallos and superlative suffix.

Babies a year
50
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kalista by the numbers

Kalista was given to 50 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 182 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Kallistamost beautiful; a form of Callista15 in the US (2017)
  • Kalystamost beautiful; a form of Callista14 in the US (2017)
  • Kalissa20 in the US (2017)
  • Kalisa6 in the US (2017)
  • Kalinarowan tree; mountain ash147 in the US (2017)
  • Karissagraceful; a form of Carissa136 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kalista

Names that are said the same way as Kalista, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Calistamost beautiful148 in the US (2017)
  • Callistamost beautiful; a form of Callisto10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Calystamost beautiful or loveliest14 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean beauty

Like Kalista, 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 Kalista

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