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, most notably associated with the character in Dickens's Great Expectations, adopted and raised to reek Miss Haversham's revenge on men. With the popularity of Stella, Ella, Esther, and Esme, however, the elaborate Estella has also been making moves up the US charts in recent years.

With its appealing meaning "star", Estella ranked as high as Number 110 in the 1880s, though it slipped out of style in the 1970s. After nearly 40 years out of charts, it re-appeared in the 2010s, and a recent count saw it place just outside the Top 500, when it was given to more than 600 girls. French form Estelle is also on the rise, given to 462 girls.

Ali Landry used the Portuguese and Spanish spelling Estela for her daughter's name back in 2007, while other forms include Estrella (ehs-TREH-uh), Estel, and Essie.

Estella Rank in US Top 1000

# 501 in the US

Estella Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 861 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Estella

• 501 US 2024
• 861 Nameberry 2025
• 584 Future 2028

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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