Latin · Girl name
Stella
“star”
About the name Stella
Stella comes from Latin stella ‘star’. It was used in the medieval Marian title Stella Maris, ‘star of the sea’, and was established as a literary name by Sir Philip Sidney’s sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella. Jonathan Swift later used Stella as his name for Esther Johnson. In the twentieth century, Stella Kowalski appeared as a central character in Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire.
- Meaning
- star
- Origin
- Latin
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- STEL-uh(2 syl.)
Middle names for Stella
- Stella Marie
- Stella Rose
- Stella Jane
- Stella Claire
- Stella Ann
Questions about Stella
- What does Stella mean?
- Stella is a Latin name meaning "star".
- How do you pronounce Stella?
- Stella is pronounced STEL-uh, with emphasis on the first syllable.
- What are variants of Stella?
- Variants of Stella include Estella, Stellina, Stela.
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