🔥Callista

Greek

"most beautiful"

Callista Origin and Meaning

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

Calista Flockhart spotlighted this lovely Greek name that has a long future in the English-speaking world. Kallista is another spelling; Calixta and Calixto are related.

Callista Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1032 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Callista

• 1032 Nameberry 2025

20 Names Similar to Callista

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• Calista
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Famous People Named Callista

• Callista Louise Gingrich U.S. ambassador; wife of politician Newt Gingrich
• Callista Chapola Chimombo, former First Lady of Malawi as wife of President Bingu wa Mutharika
• Callista Lorraine Roy American nursing theorist

The name Callista in Pop Culture

• "Callista " novel by John Henry Newman and its main character
• Callista Lanart character in the "Darkover" series by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Callista Ming a character in the "Star Wars Legends" series
• Callista "Cally" Henderson Tyrol aka Callandra character in the "Battlestar Galactica" series
• Callista character in animated series "SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron"
• Callista a main character in video game "The Last Story"