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What does Kalista mean?

Kalista Pronunciation of Kalista as a girls' name is of Greek derivation, and the meaning of the name Kalista is "cup; fairest, most beautiful". Kalista is a version of Calista (Latin, Greek): from the Late Latin name Calixta. Kalista is also a variant of Kallista (Greek).

STARTS WITH Ka-

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, beautiful

Variations

VARIANTS Kalysta, Kalesta, Calysta, Calisto, Calesta

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA CALISTA, KALLISTA Calissa, Callesta, Callista, Callysta, Calyssa, Kala, Kalla, Kallesta, Kallysta

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Kalista Nicolette (K.N.), ..

How popular is Kalista?

Kalista is an uncommonly occurring first name for women but a very prominent surname for all people (#50261 out of 150436, Top 33%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Kalista was first listed in 1998 and reached its top rank of #1094 in the U.S. in the year 1999, but is not listed currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Kalista name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Kalista outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent related forms of Kalista listed in the Top 2000 are Calista (#1633 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Callista and Kala. These forms of Kalista were popular as birth names 2 decades ago (AVERAGE #1019) and have become much less widespread since, with versions like Calista becoming somewhat dated.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Kalista, Calista, Callista, Kala in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Kalista and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Alista, Batista, Carlista, Dalisha, Falisha, Jalisa, Jalissa, Kadisha, Kalia, Kalifa, Kalila, Kalina, Kalinda, Kalisa, Kalisha, Kalissa, Kallita, Kalyssa, Kanisha, Karisa, Karisha, Karisma, Karissa, Karita, Karlita, Katisha, Khrista, Krista, Lalita, Malisha, Malissa, Malita, Malitta, Talisa, Talisha and Talita. These names tend to be more commonly used than Kalista.

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