Entry № 1730 · Greek origin

Calliste Calliste — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-LEES-tay /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Most beautiful"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "most beautiful".

Calliste (Καλλίστη) is the superlative of kallos, meaning "most beautiful" — the name was also used for the ancient Greek name of Santorini, before the volcanic eruption that shaped the modern island.

Calliste is rare as a given name but rising — particularly among parents drawn to Greek root words.

Most beautiful. The ancient name of Santorini.

The name in its native script.

Καλλίστη
Transliteration
Kallístē
Pronunciation
/ kəˈliː.steɪ /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Calliste stands.

Calliste does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Callistes before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Calliste
Ancient name of Santorini.
Greek geography

Names connected to Calliste.

The number behind Calliste.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Calliste reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.