Calliope
Calliope is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning Beautiful voice; muse of poetry.
What Calliope means
Beautiful voice; muse of poetry.
Calliope sits at 8 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room. Its 4 vowels give it a flowing rhythm.
Where Calliope comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Calliope is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Calliope?
Calliope sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Calliope
Calliope spans music and grace and gentleness, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Calliope
These share Calliope's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Orpheus — Beautiful voice.
- Riya — Singer; graceful.
- Teagan — Little poet; attractive.
- Cosima — Order; beauty; the universe.
- Agatha — Good and honourable.
- Echo — Reflected sound; a mountain nymph.
- Effie — Well-spoken; pleasant.
- Eudora — Good gift.
- Harmony — Perfect agreement and balance.
- Lois — Most desirable; superior.
- Lyra — Lyre; harp.
- Lyric — The words of a song.
More Greek names
- Calla — Beautiful; the calla lily.
- Cassandra — Shining upon man; a prophetess.
- Calix — Very handsome.
- Cassia — Cinnamon; a sweet spice.
- Berenice — Bringer of victory.
- Castor — The shining one; a bright star.
- Basil — Kingly; royal.
- Catherine — Pure.
- Azalea — The azalea flower.
- Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.