Estelle

What Estelle means

Means “star”

Borrowed from French Estelle, from Occitan estela (“star”), from Latin stēlla.

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

How popular is Estelle?

US: Rising: up from #815 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #891 in 2015, #951 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1911, when 864 girls got the name (#106 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 3,073 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,845 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 NH (1.32 per 1,000 girls), WI (0.79 per 1,000 girls), MN (0.74 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Estelle is #573 in the US and #951 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 Estelle were girls.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Astelle7 US
• Estel0 US · 6 E&W

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 Estelle

Girls

• Eloise#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #254 in 2015, #49 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025
• Genevieve#148possibly “kin, family + woman, wife”^*
• Charlotte#2Form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Esme#298Diminutive of Esmeralda, meaning “emerald”^*

For a brother

• Augustine#545Same root as Austin, meaning “majestic”^*
• Noel#478French, meaning “birthday of the Lord”^*
• Bo#449Swedish, from Old Norse Búi, meaning “dweller, long-time resident”^*
• Julien#709Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #709 vs #3,256 in 2025
• Joan#984“God is gracious”^*
• Avery#291Editor’s note Down from #188 in 2015 to #291 in 2025 in the US

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