Callie

Greek diminutive
"beautiful"

Callie Origin and Meaning

The name Callie is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "beautiful".

As 90s and early 2000s favorite Allie is starting to fall, Callie is feeling extra fresh. Callie is a nickname name that is currently more popular on its own than any of its longer versions. Callie was popular in the late 1800s when it was in the Top 200 for several years. However the name fell out of favor, eventually falling off the charts for some time. Callie has been rising again since the 70s, and it is now back in the Top 200 once again. In the popular show Grey's Anatomy, doctor Callie Torez's full name is the Greek Calliope.

# 179 in the US

Callie Rank in US Top 1000

# 302 on Nameberry

Callie Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Callie Popularity

Famous People Named Callie

  • Calliope "Callie" Thorne
    American actress
  • Carolyn Ann "Callie" Khouri
    Lebanese,American screenwriter and director
  • Callie Hernandez
    American actress
  • Callie Virginia "Ginny" Smith Granade
    U.S. federal judge
  • Callie
    Anna Rose Bates (b. 2009), 17th child of reality TV's Bates family
  • Callie Danielle Salazar (b. 2009)
    daughter of Ashley Salazar of TV's "16 and Pregnant"

Callie in Pop Culture

  • Calliope Iphigenia "Callie" Torres
    character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
  • Callie Cargill
    character on TV's "The Glades"
  • Callie Quinn Jacobs; later Callie Quinn Adams Foster
    character on TV's "The Fosters"
  • Callie Maggotbone
    character on animated series "Ugly Americans"
  • Callie McPherson
    character in novel "Cut"
  • Callie Rogers
    character on American soap opera "The Young and the Restless"
  • Callie Shaw
    character in the The Hardy Boys series
  • "Sheriff Callie's Wild West
    " animated series about the title character, a calico cat
  • Callie Harper
    character in Jessica Burkhart's "Canterwood Crest" series
  • Callie Ohpee
    trollself of Calliope in webcomic "Homestuck"
  • Callie
    a character in the series "Fallen" (Lauren Kate)
  • Callie Woodland
    the main character in the books "Starters" and "Enders" (Lisa Price)
  • Callie
    typical name for calico cats
  • Callie
    newscaster and pop singer character in the game "Splatoon"
  • Calpurina Virginia "Callie" Tate
    main character in Jacqueline Kelly's "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" and "The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate"