"Traditional name"
The name Calixto is commonly a male name.
Calixto is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Latin name Calixtus, which derives from the Greek kallistos, the superlative of kalos, meaning beautiful, so the name carries the sense most beautiful. The Latin form Calixtus was borne in the third century by Callixtus I, bishop of Rome. The Spanish and Portuguese vernacular forms drop the Latin ending to give Calixto and Calisto.
The pronunciation of Calixto is kuh-LEEKS-toh.
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