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.

# 610 in the US

Estella Rank in US Top 1000

# 861 on Nameberry

Estella Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Estella

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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

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