Calla

CA-luh

Greek

"beautiful"

Calla Origin and Meaning

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

Calla is a botanical name that is much more distinctive than popular Lily or similar Callie. Rarely heard today, it did appear in the popularity lists in the last decades of the nineteenth century.

Ultimately from the Greek kallos meaning "beauty", Calla is the name of two separate but similar plants, notably the white calla lily. Given to 130 girls year, it is currently less popular than similar choices such as Kaia, Clara, Cali, Willa, and Calliope, but wouldn't seem out of place among them.

Calla is the eponymous heroine of the Rebecca Wells novel The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder, and there's an English rock band called Her Name is Calla.

Actress Mare Winningham named her daughter Calla way back in 1987 while sound-alike Cala is an Arabic name meaning fortress.

Calla Rank in US Top 1000

# 990 in the US

Calla Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 523 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Calla

• 523 Nameberry 2025
• 608 Unique 2023
• 953 Future 2028

20 Names Similar to Calla

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Famous People Named Calla

• Calla Vita Urbanski American pair ice skater
• Calla Curman Swedish writer and salonist
• Calla Louise Mapel (b. 1987) daughter of actress Mare Winningham and William Mapel
• Calla Henkel American writer; author of the novel "Other People's Clothes"

The name Calla in Pop Culture

• Princess Calla character on animated series "Gummi Bears"
• Calla Lily Ponder character in "The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder"
• Calla Matthews character on American soap "Guiding Light"
• Calla Gaxton character in 1956 film "Pillars of the Sky"
• Calla Mackie character in "Rachel, Rachel" (1968)
• Calla character in "The Summer of Firsts and Lasts"
• Calla character from "The Raven Cycle" book series by Maggie Stiefvater
• Calla Tor main character in the "Nightshade" series
• "Her Name is Calla " English rock band
• "Wolves of the Calla " Stephen King novel
• Calla Lily a flower
• Calla Nomeolvides character from "Wild Beauty" by Anna,Marie McLemore