Estella
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning star; feminine form of Estelle.
How Estella has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #877 |
| 2016 | #907 |
| 2017 | #786 |
| 2018 | #748 |
| 2019 | #784 |
| 2020 | #731 |
| 2021 | #659 |
| 2022 | #498 |
| 2023 | #610 |
| 2024 | #501 |
| 2025 | #509 |
Estella by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Estella. In the US, 346 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 637 babies in 1921, making it a 1920s name.
At its height, in 1885, about 1 in 580 American girls born that year was called Estella.
Other names that come from Estelle
Like Estella, each of these traces back to Estelle: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Estella. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a star
Like Estella, each of these has a star in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Stellastar5,038 in the US (2017)
- Novanew; a brightening star650 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Estherstar333 in England and Wales (2025)
- Miriamstar of the sea; beloved197 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maryamstar of the sea or beloved825 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Estella
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