Kalistrat
Only two men in Poland carry it, and no boys have been given it this century. Its Greek roots join words for army and beauty, and it reaches Polish through Ukrainian use.
Kalistrat Pronunciation
Kalistrat is pronounced kah-LEEST-raht (/kaˈlistrat/).
What Kalistrat means
Where Kalistrat comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Kalistrat comes from Greek. It joins kallos, beauty, with stratos, army, and reads as beautiful army. The Athenian orator Kallistratos wore that form in the fourth century BC, when the word for army still meant men standing in ranks. A martyr, Saint Callistratus, later kept the name in the church calendar.
In Ukrainian use the name settled as Kalistrat, spelled plainly and given to farmers and village priests far from any Greek shore. No diminutive attends it in the record here. The military sense held, though few of its bearers ever marched.
On a Polish class register the name stands out among the Kubas and Szymons, its four syllables unhurried. Nobody clips it into a nickname. The root still says beautiful army.
When Kalistrat celebrates name day
Kalistrat appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 26 September.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Kalistrat
1 in 10673094 men in Poland is named Kalistrat. 2 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #53077 among male names.