Given name

Callias

Callias is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Callias comes from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Callias developed from Καλλίας.

Callias’s family of names

In English usage, Callias developed from the Ancient Greek form Καλλίας.

Walk Callias’s family in the name graph

CalliasΚαλλίας

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Callias, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Ancient Greek

Callistus

“the best”

No U.S. birth series

98% boys · 2% girls

Ancient Greek

Cambyses

Cambyses is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Kafkas

Kafkas is a masculine given name from West Circassian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Turkish.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Calinic

Calinic is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Romanian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Cătălin

Cătălin is a masculine given name, possibly from Ancient Greek. It is used in Romanian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Kananen

“chicken”

No U.S. birth series

—

Ancient Greek

Phidias

Phidias is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Caitanu

Caitanu is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Asturian and Sicilian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Callias’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Callias

A sister for Callias