Estella

Latinate form of Estelle

"star"

Estella Origin and Meaning

The name Estella is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "star".

Estella is a pretty Latin name that's sounding more and more stylish, remembered as the ward of Miss Haversham in Dickens's Great Expectations. Though Estella ranked as high as Number 110 in the 1880s, it now sits near the bottom of the US Top 1000 along with near-twin Estelle. Either would be well worth considering as an alternative to the popular Stella.

Ali Landry used the Estela spelling for her daughter's name. Estrella is another possibility.

Estella Rank in US Top 1000

# 610 in the US

Estella Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 714 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Estella

• 610 US 2023
• 714 Nameberry 2025
• 584 Future 2028

20 Names Similar to Estella

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Estella.

• Giselle
• Catalina
• Marina
• Anya
• Annika
• Viviana
• Violetta
• Mina
• Tatiana
• Delia
• Celine
• Luciana
• Katerina
• Nadia
• Dalia
• Irina
• Rosalia
• Mariana
• Serafina
• Larissa

Famous People Named Estella

• Estella Dawn Warren Canadian actress and model
• Estella Daniels English actress/dancer
• Estella Agsteribbe Dutch Olympic gymnast
• Estella B. Leopold American paleobotanist
• Estella Olga Elizabeth Taylor (b. 2004) great,great,grandaughter of King George V of the U.K.
• Estella Marie Thompson birth name of infamous American former prostitute Divine Brown

The name Estella in Pop Culture

• Estella character in Dickens' "Great Expectations." Miss Havisham says of her: 'One night he brought her here asleep, and I called her Estella.'
• Estella Munoz character on American soap "The Young and the Restless"
• Estella Bolger Brandybuck Hobbit character in "The Lord of the Rings" series