Anyone using or know of someone with Calliope as a name?

buggles · December 2008

I know it's probably most used in a Greek family... but just wondering how popular this name would be in a non- Greek family.

I think it's so pretty!

Pronounced: Kallie-Yo-Pee (?)

sciteach · December 2008

That was our girl name, but we had a boy (Booker)

We would have pronounced it Kuh-LIE-oh- pee

Brookie-Cookie · December 2008

I dont know anyone with that name. H just told me that it is the name of a friend's band. I like it FWIW.

Wan-naBe · December 2008

never heard of it, but it's nms. ?i think that someone with this name would spend a lot of time telling people how to pronounce her name, and that would get old pretty fast.

jaredswife · December 2008

I have never heard of it. But, I dont like it, it is too weird for me. I think a lot of people will pronouce it wrong, and always question it.

Rose.9.6.03 · December 2008

I think it's a very pretty name.

I've lived my life with a unique name (Aviva) and I've always loved having an unusual name. Sure, you have to tell people how to pronounce it or spell it from time to time, but I figure it's better than having to say "I'm Emma B. not Emma D" all the time.

Erin Mary Ackerman · December 2008

I do know someone with this name.

With a "C" it is a steam organ. Think circus music

With a "K" it is the muse

Either way, you are socking it to your kid, me thinks. But "Callie" is a cute nn.

Tess12 · December 2008

I know I'm dating myself here, but it makes me think of the kooky "Days of Our Lives" character of the same name. (Way back in the 80s.)

thatgirlang · December 2008

I've only heard of it because I order Christmas ornaments every year from Calliope Designs. I don't hate it but agree that people ill mispronounce it. In fact, all these years I've thought it was Cally-ope.

nictel · December 2008

It is the name of the main character in the book "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugeniedes. The character happens to be a hermaphrodite...

That book was REALLY popular a few years ago...

sunnyday016 · December 2008

The only place I've ever heard this name is in the book "Middlesex", which was very interesting, sad, and kinda weird. But they called her Callie, which I think is really cute!

BCLong21 · December 2008

This is the name of the Lesbian doctor on Grey's Anatomy. They call her Callie on the show, but her full name is Calliope. I think that people will always ask her how to spell it and she will always have to pronounce it. I think it is cute, but I would not use it for my girl.

Being someone who always had to spell her name to everyone it got old really fast.

momtoalmost3 · December 2008

I had a student with this name, although she went by Callie. She was Greek, so I am assuming it is a popular Greek name.

Sxia · December 2008

It's a Greek mythological name, but also the name of a musical organ, like as in what plays at the circus. I still like it though. (And it's Cal-LIE-opie.)

bdbryan · December 2008

its unique never heard of anyone with it IRL but i do know quite a few with the name calli

yogisunam · December 2008

sunnyday016:
The only place I've ever heard this name is in the book "Middlesex", which was very interesting, sad, and kinda weird. But they called her Callie, which I think is really cute!

I KNEW I'd seen that name before!

Matildasun · December 2008

I worked with not one, but two women with this name. Both of them were Greek. One went by Kelly and the other went by Callie. I think it is cute.

cvincent0423 · December 2008

i've only ever heard it pronounced Kuh-LIE-oh- pee so i think it would be mis-pronounced all the time.

nolateacher · December 2008

It is a steam organ on a riverboat. Here in New Orleans people would know how to pronounce it- there is also a street with that name here, but like some other people said, most people won't know how to pronounce it.

However, it is pretty and different and its up to you.