Callie
Meaning of Callie
Callie—pronounced bright and snappy as KAL-ee—sprints onto the tongue like a spark from a fiesta firework. Her story starts in sun-washed Greece, where kallos meant “beauty,” then she strolled through the ages as a playful nickname for dignified Caroline, lyrical Calliope, and glamorous Calista. Now she twirls across modern playgrounds with the grace of a calla lily and the sass of a salsa step, proving that a small name can carry big color. Listeners hear her and picture freckles, fresh lemonade, and a laugh that skips stones across a lake. She is equal parts Southern porch swing and Mediterranean seaside, familiar yet forever fresh. In short, Callie is a pocket-sized carnival of charm—simple to say, impossible to forget, and always ready for the next adventure.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as KAL-ee (/ˈkæli/)
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Notable People Named Callie
| Callie Khouri is an American screenwriter, producer, and director best known for writing Thelma and Louise, which won her the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and was added to the National Film Registry in 2016. |
| Callie Brownson is an American football coach and former player who served as the Cleveland Browns assistant wide receivers coach and in 2018 became the first woman hired as a full-time Division I football coach at Dartmouth. |
| Callie Crossley is a Boston-based American broadcast journalist and radio host. |
| Callie Thorne is an American actress best known as Dr. Dani Santino on Necessary Roughness and for roles in Homicide Life on the Street and Homicide The Movie, Rescue Me, and The Wire. |
| Callie Marie Hernandez is an American actress known for roles in the films Blair Witch, La La Land, The Endless, and Alien: Covenant. |
