Calista

Where Calista comes from

From Latin Callistus, from Ancient Greek Κάλλιστος (Kállistos, “most beautiful”), from καλός (kalós, “beautiful”). Compare Callisto.
— Wiktionary's entry for Calista
  • Latin
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1894
    First appearance
    #1,237 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1964
    Calista Flockhart born
    American actress
  3. 1999
    Peak, #519
    490 babies named Calista — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,067.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin.
Namesakes
  • Calista Flockhart · American actress, born 1964

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.