CALIXTA  

Gender: F
Origin: Greek
Meaning: "most beautiful"

Calista Flockhart may have made her variation of this beautiful Greek name familiar to modern Americans, but the even-edgier x version was the name of an earlier feminist heroine: a character in Kate Chopin's "The Storm."

Calixta is being discussed in our message boards:

• Your long list...
• Mn for Saige?
• Your family (many children)
• what are your current top ten girl names?
• bored with my list!

Read Nameberry blog posts about Calixta:

• BABY NAMES FROM BOOKS: 20 Lost Literary Girls' Names