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
Grammatical form

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

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.