Given name & surname
Calisto
“the most beautiful”
Calisto is a variant of Calista. In Greek use, Calista carries the interpretation “the most beautiful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Calisto is a variant of Calista. In Greek use, Calista carries the interpretation “the most beautiful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Calisto connects to the Kallisto name family through Callisto. An origin associated with Kallisto is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Calisto is a variant of Callisto. The history of Callisto gives this family its wider story. Callisto’s historical associations include several early saints, including a 3rd-century pope and a 6th-century bishop of Todi in central Italy.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Calisto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 20 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 131 as a first name in 2020; 303 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Calisto’s family of names
Calisto shares a linguistic root with Callisto. Calisto has a related form in Calista. Calisto has a related form in Callisto.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Calisto
- Calisto TanziItalian entrepreneur and fraudster (1938-2022)
- Calisto BertramoItalian actor (1875–1941)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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