Kalyssa
Meaning of Kalyssa
As a female name, Kalyssa emerges as a melodic echo of antiquity, her syllables rippling with the warmth of Latin passion and the classical elegance of the Greek kallistos—“most beautiful”—invoking visions of sun-kissed plazas and marble colonnades draped in jasmine’s fragrant tendrils. Though she softly glimmers among today’s naming stars—with just nine newborn Kalyssas gracing American birth records in 2024 (ranked around 941)—that gentle rarity only amplifies her allure, like the friend who arrives fashionably late to a fiesta yet still steals every dance. Bathed in poetic resonance and hushed mythology, Kalyssa weaves together heritage and hope, inviting each bearer to step into the world as a living sonnet of beauty, grace, and sunlit promise.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as kah-LISS-uh (/kəˈlɪsə/)
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