Callisto
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-LIS-toh
- Origin
- Greek
Callisto is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “most beautiful”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Callisto mean?
Greek: from Greek kallistos
“most beautiful”
In Greek myth, the nymph Callisto was turned into a bear and placed among the stars; a moon of Jupiter bears her name.
Is Callisto a girl's or a boy's name?
Callisto is a girls' name.
How popular is Callisto in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Callisto in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Callisto in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Nicknames for Callisto
- Callie 359 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Callisto
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lydia, Helena, Cora, Cleo, Maggie, Eliza, Caroline, Lena, Georgia, Matilda, Phoebe, Emma
Names related to Callisto
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Callisto: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/callisto, updated 20 October 2026.