Callie

Callie began as a diminutive of Caroline or Calliope, the latter a Greek muse whose name means "beautiful-voiced." It has floated in and out of American nurseries since the nineteenth century, sometimes appearing on porches of small Southern towns, sometimes on hospital drama leads like Callie Torres of Grey's Anatomy. It now sits in the U.S. top 180, a favorite for parents who want sweetness without sugar. Two light syllables, a soft double l, a long e lift at the end. Callie reads as warm, approachable, and quietly capable, the kind of girl whose friends feel lucky to have found her.