Entry № 5166 · Greek origin

Kalliopi Kalliopi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-lee-OH-pee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Beautiful voice (Greek Muse of epic poetry)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "beautiful voice (greek muse of epic poetry)".

Kalliopi is from the Greek Kalliopē (Καλλιόπη) — kalli (beautiful) + ops (voice). Calliope is the eldest of the nine Muses in Greek mythology + the Muse of epic poetry — daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne (Memory). 8th c. Central to Hesiod's Theogony.

Beautiful voice (Greek).

The name in its native script.

Καλλιόπη
Transliteration
Kalliopē
Pronunciation
/ ˌkɑː.liːˈoʊ.pi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kalliopi stands.

Kalliopi 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.

Kalliopis before her.

Real people

In fiction
Calliope (Greek)
Muse of epic poetry.

Names connected to Kalliopi.

The number behind Kalliopi.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kalliopi reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.