Calista

given name · Latin script

Meaning: . 1. Calistu mitr. (Dm)

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/kəˈɫɪstə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Calista is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • BRBrazil1 in 1.1M(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 55K
  • NLNetherlands1 in 135K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

6,028 people, 2020

Sources
116 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 55K (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Romanian

. 1. Calistu mitr. (Dm). 2. Calistea s. (13-15 B 167) ; terminatia -sta s-a schimbat cu sufixul -isle.

Sources 1

  • Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Calista counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Calista is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States6,0281 in 55K6KCalista103
BR Brazil1871 in 1.1M281Calista46
NL Netherlands1281 in 135K128—3
SE Sweden401 in 255K40—1
FI Finland131 in 429K48——
DK Denmark71 in 838K7——

6,028 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Calista is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Nigeria, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written 'Calista, Calista'

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

180018501900195020002050Calista Ophelia Reynolds, b. 1838Elspeth Probyn, b. 1958Calista Flockhart, b. 1964Lam Tsz Huen, b. 1995Calista Van Erp, b. 1999Ariella Calista Ichwan, b. 2000Calista Choi, b. 2004Christabel Calista Purwanto, b. 2008

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Calista,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 51 sources across 29 countries.

Official registers attesting Calista
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20206K#3,448
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—281#20,560
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—265#11,587
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022187—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—162#26,673
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025131—
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—128#4,767
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—72#9,616
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—48#5,828
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—46#30,477
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—40#15,876
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)196034—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Calista mean?
Recorded meaning: . 1. Calistu mitr. (Dm).
What are other forms of the name Calista?
In the etymology graph, Calixta, Callista and Kalysta are forms of the same name in other languages.
Is Calista a male or female name?
Calista is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
How do you pronounce Calista?
A machine transcription gives /kəˈɫɪstə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Calista have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 6.0 thousand people named Calista, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled calista.
Where is Calista most common?
Calista is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 55 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Calista?
In the United States, the national register counted 6,028 people named Calista in 2020, about 1 in 55 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Calista”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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