Given name & surname · also Old Spanish
Calixto
“most beautiful”
Calixto is a masculine given name from Old Spanish, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Spanish and Tagalog.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Calixto goes back to Ancient Greek Κάλλιστος, meaning “most beautiful.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Calixto comes from Old Spanish, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Spanish usage, Calixto developed from Κάλλιστος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Calixto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 574
- 574 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #4,885 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +57%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,885 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,689 as a first name in 2020; 4,208 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.
Calixto’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Calixto developed from the Ancient Greek form Κάλλιστος. In Spanish usage, Calixto as a surname has a related form in CALIXTRO. In Filipino usage, Calixto has a related form in Kalisto.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Calixto has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Calixto comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Calixto
- Calixto GarcíaCuban general (1839-1898)
- Calixto BieitoSpanish theatre directorborn 1963
- Calixto MalcomPanamanian basketball player (1947-)
- Calixto OchoaColombian singer and composer (1934-2015)
- Calixto OyuelaArgentine writer1857–1935
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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