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What do you think of Calista?

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busymummy3 · 22/11/2009 00:05

What do you think of Calista as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

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busymummy3 · 22/11/2009 00:06

What does everyone think of the girls name CALISTA wHAT SORT OF GIRL WILL SHE GROW UP TO BE ?

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Knickers0nMaHead · 22/11/2009 00:09

Sounds like a Fanjo disease.

electra · 22/11/2009 00:27

I love it - considered it for dd3....

choosyfloosy · 22/11/2009 00:29

I think it's very pretty. Cal is an amazing nickname. I think it could go either way - very feminine and delicate or rather cool and sophisticated.

dweezle · 22/11/2009 11:04

We have DNeice called Callista (in US). No-one ever associates her with Zeus' love, but everyone says 'oooh, is she called after Callista Flockhart' and the connotations for me are ditzy/fey and slightly ridiculous.

Why not try Callisto, or if you like the Greek theme:

Artemis
Demeter
Hebe

PfftTheMagicDragon · 22/11/2009 11:12

I prefer Calliope

boodleboot · 22/11/2009 14:39

I met a Calistus yesterday who was a guy.....it struck me as being a brilliant boys name.....Cal for a boys NN is seriously good....

Calista is nice too... Callie for NN

boodleboot · 22/11/2009 14:39

actually i think he was a CALLISTUS.....

PixiNanny · 22/11/2009 17:41

I love Callista, but then I was obsessed with Jupiter at one point and it's the only name of it's moons that suits a person (baby Ganymede anybody?)

CantSleepWontSleep · 22/11/2009 17:43

I used to like it, but it's the name of a fertility monitor too, which puts me off.

PixiNanny · 22/11/2009 17:44

Woops, actually Callisto, but that was my immediate thought on Callista

susiey · 23/11/2009 09:19

cally on greys anatomy is a callista its a pretty name

boodleboot · 23/11/2009 15:20

the more i think about this name the surer i am that it will make it onto my list for future DC.....

Callista, sooo pretty.

definitely with double LL tho....

mathanxiety · 23/11/2009 16:08

Very nice. I like Cosima too.

MamaLazarou · 23/11/2009 20:24

it reminds me of that scrawny bird with the rubbery face from Ally McBeal.

persephoneplum · 24/11/2009 11:01

Gorgeous.

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