Callie, or longer version Calliope

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Due a little girl in a few months. Since pre-pregnancy DH has always liked Callie, which I am also very fond of! However I think she should have a longer version. Callie would be what we’d use most often but I think having a longer version also is a better idea. I loved Calliope of course I didn’t hear that on Grey’s Anatomy... (pronounced Call-eye-o-p) but DH is not a fan, think it’s ridiculous and thinks just Callie is fine. Is Calliope too out there and should we just stick with Callie?

If it makes any difference I have a reasonably unusual but not ‘weird’ first name, and DH has a top 100 boys name so his is super common

Caroline?

Love it! It is top of my list if we had another DC (girl!)

Love Callie, don’t like Calliope. What about Callista if you want a long name?

Not a big fan of Caroline, thanks for the suggestion though :)

@tissuesosoft yay! I need more people like you to agree and prove to DH that Calliope is a lovely name :)

I’m with you - Callie is gorgeous. Just suggested Calypso on another thread, and Callista works too.

Or Callina, Calista, Callia

Makes me think of Middlesex.

We’ve discussed Callista, DH said he likes it more than Calliope but doesn’t love it, and I don’t mind it but don’t love it whereas I really like Calliope so would rather try and persuade him to that

Lovely name - quite posh and erudite but with a cute and down-to-earth abbreviation. Best of both worlds!

@shumway why Middlesex? Am I missing something 😂

Caliana is pretty too

@sweetcinnabun that’s my feeling - Calliope sounds a bit ‘posher’ or more professional if she wants to use it when she’s older, and Callie is still a cute nickname!

Not heard Caliana before! Definitely going to speak to DH about that one.

A calliope is a steam organ

Caliana is Greek origin and means most beautiful. Could be spelt with two ‘l’s or two ‘n’s

I love Callie as a name in its own right. As an aside my friend is from Caliope in Australia!

How about Catharine Lilly nn Callie

I like Callia better as a stand alone name. Calliope isn't very nice to my ear and sounds a bit like an ice cream.

I love the name Calliope. I also know a Calista who gets called Callie.

Middlesex is a book, the lead character is Calliope/Callie :-)

Sorry, Calliope is awful 🙈 I've never heard it before though, suppose when you associate it with someone it's different. I think Callie on its own is perfectly fine ! Calliope just makes me think cantaloupe or a calipo ice lolly 😂

Sorry, Calliope is awful 🙈 I've never heard it before though, suppose when you associate it with someone it's different. I think Callie on its own is perfectly fine ! Calliope just makes me think cantaloupe or a calipo ice lolly 😂

There are about 4 girls in DS school called Callie and I’m pretty sure that none of them are named ‘longer Names’, they’re all just ‘Callie’.

Calliope is a lovely name, but you'll get people not knowing how to pronounce it. If that's the one you love, I think you should go for it. Callista is nice too, though.

Calliope is lovely (and Greek) in Greece it is sometimes shortened to poppy too.