Gender Feminine
Pronounced Pron. ehs-TEHL(English) EHS-TEHL(French)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From an Old French name meaning "star", ultimately derived from Latin stella. It was rare in the English-speaking world in the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century, perhaps due to the character Estella Havisham in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations (1860).

Related Names

VariantsEstella, Stella(English)
DiminutiveEssie(English)
Other Languages & CulturesStela(Bulgarian) Estel(Catalan) Stela(Croatian) Stela(Czech) Stella(Dutch) Stella(German) Stella(Italian) Estela(Portuguese) Stela(Romanian) Stela(Slovak) Estela, Estrella(Spanish)

Popularity

People think this name is

classic   mature   formal   upper class   natural   wholesome   delicate   refined   strange   serious  

Name Days

France: May 11
Sweden: August 15

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Entry updated November 16, 2019