Gender: Girl
Meaning: Star — a bright light guiding the way
Origin: Latin — stella (star); popularized as a given name by Sir Philip Sidney's 1591 sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella
Popularity: Ranked #1749 in 2024 with 115 babies born.
History: A variant or related form of Stella. Shares the meaning 'Star.'
Similar names: estella, estelle, esthela, estrella, este, ettel, edsel, esael
Name length: 6 letters
How common is Estela? About 1 in 28,943 babies born in 2024 were named Estela, or roughly 0.3 per day in the United States.
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