Borrowed from Italian Callista, a conflation from two sources, both from Ancient Greek:
* From Ancient Greek καλλίστη (kallístē), feminine of κάλλιστος (kállistos), superlative…
Borrowed from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa; see there for more. Popularized in English by Samuel Richardson's 1748 novel Clarissa. Doublet of Clarisse.…
Borrowed from Italian Callista, a conflation from two sources, both from Ancient Greek:
* From Ancient Greek καλλίστη (kallístē), feminine of κάλλιστος (kállistos), superlative…