Entry № 5181 · Greek origin

Kalypso Kalypso — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-LIP-soh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Hidden nymph (Odyssey Book 5 Ogygia)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "hidden nymph (odyssey book 5 ogygia)".

Kalypso is from the Greek Καλυψώ (Kalupsō — concealer, hidden) — from Greek kalyptein (to cover/conceal). Kalypso is one of the Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek mythological heritage.

Hidden nymph (Greek).

The name in its native script.

Καλυψώ
Transliteration
Kalupsō
Pronunciation
/ kəˈlɪp.soʊ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kalypso stands.

Kalypso 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.

Kalypsos before her.

Real people

In fiction
Calypso
Nymph of Ogygia island + daughter of Atlas + Homer's Odyssey Book 5 + held Odysseus captive seven years + Hesiod's Theogony 358 + James Joyce's Ulysses Chapter 4.
Homer's Odyssey

Names connected to Kalypso.

The number behind Kalypso.

9

The Giver

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