Given name & surname
Callia
“crowned with laurel”·“one who is slender”
Callia is a variant of Cayla. Interpretations include “crowned with laurel” and “one who is slender”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Callia is a variant of Cayla. Interpretations include “crowned with laurel” and “one who is slender”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Callia is a variant of Cayla. An origin associated with Cayla is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Callia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 577
- 0 boys · 577 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #8,972 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,972 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 20.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 39 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 496 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Callia’s family of names
Callia has a related form in Cayla. In Etruscan usage, Callia as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 𐌂𐌀𐌋𐌋𐌉𐌀.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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