Stellan
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 79 babies a year in the US.
Stellan by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Stellan. In the US, 79 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 92 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Stellan
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Stellan. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Stellarof the stars or star-like15 in the US (2017)
- Stefancrown, wreath; form of Stephen95 in England and Wales (2025)
- Stephancrown or wreath; a form of Stephen141 in the US (2017)
- Steffancrown or wreath; Welsh form of Stephen19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Stevancrown or garland; a form of Stephen16 in the US (2017)
- Stepancrown; form of Stephen10 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Stellan
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