Given name
Callistus
“the best”
Callistus is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Callistus goes back to Ancient Greek κάλλιστος, meaning “the best.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Callistus’s family of names
In Latin usage, Callistus has a later derivative in Calista. In Latin usage, Callistus has a later derivative in CALIXTE.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Callistus
- Callistus II of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople1301–1397
- Callistus RubaramiraUgandan Roman Catholic bishopborn 1950
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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