Entry № 1731 · Greek origin

Callisto Callisto — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-LIS-toh /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Most beautiful (Greek nymph + Jupiter's moon)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "most beautiful (greek nymph + jupiter's moon)".

Callisto is from the Greek Kallistō — most beautiful — the nymph and companion of Artemis in Greek mythology. Callisto by Kelis — 2014 album.

Most beautiful (Greek nymph + Jupiter's moon) — a Greek name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Καλλιστώ

Transliteration: Kallistō
Pronunciation: / kəˈlɪs.toʊ /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Callisto stands.

Callisto 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.

Namesakes

Callistos before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Callisto

Greek mythology nymph.

Callisto (Jupiter moon)

Galileo's 1610 discovery.

1610

Names connected to Callisto.

Numerology

The number behind Callisto.

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Callisto reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.