Entry № 5166 · Greek origin

Kalliopi Kalliopi — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ kah-lee-OH-pee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Beautiful voice (Greek Muse of epic poetry)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "beautiful voice (greek muse of epic poetry)".

Kalliopi is from the Greek Kalliopē (Καλλιόπη) — kalli (beautiful) + ops (voice). Calliope is the eldest of the nine Muses in Greek mythology + the Muse of epic poetry — daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne (Memory). 8th c. Central to Hesiod's Theogony.

Beautiful voice (Greek).

The name in its native script.

Καλλιόπη
Transliteration
Kalliopē
Pronunciation
/ ˌkɑː.liːˈoʊ.pi /
Root
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Grammatical form
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Where Kalliopi stands.

Kalliopi does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Kalliopis before her.

Real people

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In fiction
Calliope (Greek)
Muse of epic poetry.

Names connected to Kalliopi.

The number behind Kalliopi.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kalliopi reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.