Stella 1

Also French: https://meilleursprenoms.com/popularite-prenom/Stella

Also Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish and Icelandic: https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Stella

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Also Czech: https://www.behindthename.com/name/stella-1/top/czech

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Also Slovene: https://www.behindthename.com/name/stella-1/top/slovenia

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Also Croatian: https://actacroatica.com/en/name/Stella/

Also Judeo-Provençal: https://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/jewish/levy/estelle.html

Also Finnish name. Finnish name day October 16.
https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_(nimi)
https://almanakka.helsinki.fi/en/name-days/name-day-search.html

Also Corsican: https://fr.wikibooks.org/wiki/Pr%C3%A9noms_corses
You'll find numerous bearers on social media.

Also Estonian: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_(eesnimi)

Also Polish: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_(imi%C4%99)
https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/Stella

Stella is also used in Poland. In July 2017, there were 1818 women with the name Stella in the Polish population, as well as 158 Stelas. Last year (2018), 48 girls were given the name Stella (#172 in the girls' ranking). Stella's name day in Poland is 15th July. It's quite a rare name, names with double l aren't very traditional in Polish language, but most people I know and whose opinion on this name I know like it. Nicknames may include Stela, Stelka, Stelcia, Stel(l)unia, Stel(l)usia, Stelinka, Stenia etc.

Also used in Czech: https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stela -- mentions Stella
https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_M%C3%A1jov%C3%A1
https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Z%C3%A1zvorkov%C3%A1

Also Hungarian: https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_(keresztn%C3%A9v)
http://www.nytud.hu/oszt/nyelvmuvelo/utonevek/osszesnoi.pdf
You'll find several bearers on social media.

In 2018, 2 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Stella who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 684th most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.

My name is STELLA ROSE! I always laugh when I get asked the question how Stella got her groove. A movie came out some years ago with that title!

Also used in Hungary. Pronounced: SHTEL-law.

The name is also used in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and Germany.

Putting my two cents into the usage debate - Stella truly IS an Italian name. It seems to have had usage since at least the 19th century, judging by old records. Stella might have been used in Italy for much longer than that, since in Italy there exists this title of the Virgin Mary: "Madonna della Stella" (of whom there are several shrines dedicated to in Italy). Maybe over the years Stella's popularity with Anglophones has eclipsed its Italian popularity - but it's still an Italian name. By the way, I have grown to love the name Stella!

I teach at Gymboree (classes for kids from birth to age 5) and we've noticed a recent upswing in little Stellas in our younger classes. Something to consider if you want to avoid an overly popular name.

It's also used in German and Italian.

Stella was on the top 1000 list from the 1880's until the 1980's. It came back on the top 1000 list in 2003. Its most popular year was the 1890's where it ranked 63. In 2005 it ranked 250.

Stella is also a Greek name and its name day is celebrated on November 26.

This name is also Italian.

No, it's not actually an Italian name. It's an English coinage of a name taken from an Italian/Latin word. So I guess if there is a "correct" pronunciation it would be the English one; it's not traditionally used as a name in Italy, and it's used as one was English.