- Callista
Callista comes from the Greek for "Most Beautiful" ("kallistos"). It is an uncommon name for girls.
As a name it is derived from the Greek name of a huntress in the myth of Callisto, who was loved by
Zeus . The name Callisto was changed to the common Callista for use as a name because in English Callista is the feminine form.Callista can be:
*Callista (Hospitality Software) - Callista, Business Intelligence
* An 1855 novel byJohn Henry Newman .
* "Callista" (mollusc), a genus of bivalve
* A New Order Jedi character
* Callista, a screamo / hardcore metal band fromAuckland ,New Zealand .
* A reference to the character in the Greek Myth of Callisto
* One of the moons of Jupiter, discovered in 1610.
*204 Kallisto , an S-type asteroid which was discovered in 1879.
* A "Swat Kats " character; the presumed ancestor of Deputy Mayor Callie Briggs.
*"Callista" Lour., a synonym of "Dendrobium ", an orchid genus.
* Callista, a network of software architect consultancies inSweden : Callista Enterprise AB and Callista Knowledgebase AB.Also see
Calista Flockhart .
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