Kallias

Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts Καλλίας(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Derived from Greek κάλλος (kallos) meaning "beauty". This was the name of an Athenian who fought at Marathon who later became an ambassador to the Persians.

Related Names

Rootkallos
VariantCallias

People think this name is

classic   formal   upper class   refined   strange   complex   serious  

Categories

beauty

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Καλλίας.
Entry updated October 6, 2024