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: · An 1855 novel by John Henry Newman. · Callista , a genus of bivalve · A New Order Jedi character · 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. Also see Calista Flockhart.

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