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They're definitely not out there. Maybe Callisto would be but not really. They're very tame. I like Kalista the best even though the K feels trendy. I pronounce it kuh-lees-tah. I dislike ka-liss-ta.

Callista, Calista, Kallisto, Kallista are all nice names for girls/women IMO. Kallisto is the most "out there," but it isn't unusable.

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Callisto seems gender ambiguous to me. Kalista looks wrong and trendy to me.

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I think I like Calista best. It looks more airy and elegant and neat than Callista. If I wanted it to be a mythology name, and not just a pretty name I liked, I'd use Kallisto.

I am a fan of the names. Particularly found on Calista.

Callista (and Calista) and Kalista are definitely usable. I just don't care for the K spelling for some reason. It looks more harsh, I suppose. Re: Callisto, it could work although it looks more masculine to me (the o ending). It's a pretty name. We had a kitten once named Callista Jane. She wasn't very pretty so I gave her a name that meant 'most beautiful,' ha. I felt she should at least have a pretty name.

I know three women (including a second cousin of mine) named Calista. I think it's lovely.

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Callista and Kalista are nice too. I don't like Callisto, though - it looks masculine to me (take out an L and you get the Portuguese masculine name Calisto - I know two guys with the name). Kallisto isn't my style.

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They're all usable IMO.

This message was edited 12/31/2013, 8:08 AM

I like Callista - it was one of my favorite names for awhile. I knew a girl in college who went by Callie and I thought the name was pretty and suited her.

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I'm not so sure about Callisto, that seems a little further out to me, but I could see it working if you had other somewhat unusual boys names in your family or some Greek background. I like the nickname Cal.

I don't like Kallisto but I love Calista. I prefer that spelling to Callista. Usually I like extra letters, but in this case, I think the extra L muddies up the clean look of Calista. And please, no substitution of K for the C, what an annoying trend that is.

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I think that Calista or Callista are definitely usable. Kallisto I'm not so sure about.

I definitely think they're usable! My favorite of the variants is Callisto, which is so mystical and beguiling.