Estella

What Estella means

Variant of Estelle, meaning “star”

variant of the French Estelle || Borrowed from French Estelle, from Occitan estela (“star”), from Latin stēlla.

Source: Wiktionary, “Estella” (revision 89344818) and “Estelle” (revision 87974577), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Estella?

US: Rising: up from #877 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1783 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1883, when 233 girls got the name (#106 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,766 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 21,107 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AR (1.7 per 1,000 girls), NM (1.28 per 1,000 girls), MN (0.93 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Estella is #509 in the US and #2278 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Estella were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Estela128 US
• Astella19 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Estella

Girls

• Lucia#83Variant of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Liana#385Editor’s note Up from #525 in 2015 to #385 in 2025 in the US
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025
• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*

For a brother

• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Cassius#582Editor’s note Up from #644 in 2015 to #582 in 2025 in the US
• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Lucian#462Editor’s note Up from #633 in 2015 to #462 in 2025 in the US
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Estella’s. Rank is US 2025.