Gender: Mostly Boy
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 #5165 in 2024 with 19 babies born.
History: A variant or related form of Stella. Shares the meaning 'Star.'
Similar names: stokes, steel, steeley, steelie, steely, stela, stella, stellah
Name length: 7 letters
How common is Stokely? About 1 in 133,140 babies born in 2024 were named Stokely, or roughly 0.1 per day in the United States.
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