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[Opinions] Estella or Callista?
If you had to choose between the two, which one would you choose and most importantly WHY? Why do you like/dislike the names? You can alter spellings if you wish.
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Estella...It's just prettier imo.
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Estella- prefer Estelle though.
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Callista, definitelyI love the nickname Callie, and I love the Greek history behind Callista. Also, Estella has much more of an old-lady feel to me, and Callista has a lot of spunk, having never been super-popular. It's more lively-sounding and I think it's a name that would turn heads in a good way.Estella seems to be one of those rising celebrity names... or maybe that's just Stella. Either way, that's holding me off on it.
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I really like both. If I had to pick one, I guess it would be Callista just because I like the mythological story and its meaning, though Estella is really pretty too.
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That's hard, I really like both, but neither are my favorites. I really like Estella, though I slightly prefer just Stella. I really like Callista, but I prefer Calixta.Today I'm going to choose Callista though, as I think Callie is cute and very accessable nickname.
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I love Estella. I think it's a beautiful, elegant name.However, I really dislike the sound of Callista.
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Callista. I think it's younger sounding and prettier than Estella. The Es sound of Estella always annoys me. Callista can also be shortened to Callie which makes it a much more normal sounding name. Unusual names stand out and I think it is important to have the option of a name that fits in with Emilys and so on better. About Estella, I always think Estelle is a rather classy, elegant name. Adding the a on the end ruins it. I do however prefer the nns Ella and Ellie to Callie. I'm not a fan of Stella which might explain a bit why I don't like Estella.
For spellings I like Callista and Calista the same really. Kalysta is also pretty but I don't think it would fit so well on all age ranges.
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Callista. I think it's younger sounding and prettier than Estella. The Es sound of Estella always annoys me. Callista can also be shortened to Callie which makes it a much more normal sounding name. Unusual names stand out and I think it is important to have the option of a name that fits in with Emilys and so on better. About Estella, I always think Estelle is a rather classy, elegant name. Adding the a on the end ruins it. I do however prefer the nns Ella and Ellie to Callie. I'm not a fan of Stella which might explain a bit why I don't like Estella.
For spellings I like Callista and Calista the same really. Kalysta is also pretty but I don't think it would fit so well on all age ranges.
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Definitely Estella. I love the literary connection, and Callista doesn't do a thing for me.
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Callista because I love the meaning. And to me it doesn't sound as old ladyish as Estella.EDIT lol sorry my mistake again. This should have been under the main message

This message was edited 7/18/2009, 11:41 AM

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I prefer Callista. It's a beautiful, uncommon and memorable name. And you get the nicknames Calla and Callie. The reason I dislike Estella is, a long time ago, I heard a really annoying chavvy song with the lyrics: "Sheila goes out with her mate Stella /It gets poured all over her fella /Cause she's says, man he ain't no better" etc. I remember song lyrics for ages. Now, I can't think of any name that contains Stella without THAT running through my head.
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estella. i think its prettier and i like the nn ella, which is usable with this name.callista sounds like callus to me, like a callus on your hand or something, which is not appealing
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i apologize for this posting twice. my computer is being dumb.
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estella. i think its prettier and i like the nn ella, which is usable with this name.callista sounds like callus to me, like a callus on your hand or something, which is not appealing
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