Stella
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Stella is Latin for “star,” and Stella Maris means “star of the sea.” Sir Philip Sidney first used it as a name in Astrophel and Stella; once grandmotherly, it has surged since 1998, perhaps helped by designer Stella McCartney. Many people will still think of Marlon Brando shouting “Stella!” in A Streetcar Named Desire. Namesakes include writer and suffragette Stella Benson and Stella Star, the hotshot pilot of the 1979 film Starcrash.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, 1,107 Baby Names That Stand the Test of Time, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Badass Baby Names, Sci-Fi Baby Names
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Usage of Stella in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Stella against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Stella is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Stella in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 4,136 girls were named Stella, making it the #52 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 206,906 girls have been named Stella, with the most (5,164) in 2018. It is most common, relative to births, in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Alaska.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Stella in other languages
- Estela Spanish
- Estrella Spanish
- Stjarna Icelandic
- Zvezda Slovenian
Stella name days
- December 25 Latvia
- August 15 Sweden
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Stella
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Stella, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Typhoon Stella (Category 1) | 1998 | Western Pacific | 120 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Stella
There are 56 towns and villages with Stella in their name, in 11 countries.
🇮🇹 Italy 31🇺🇸 United States 14🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 2🇿🇦 South Africa 2🇦🇷 Argentina 1🇧🇸 Bahamas 1🇨🇦 Canada 1🇨🇴 Colombia 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Stella | North West, 🇿🇦 South Africa | 5,620 | Map |
| Stella | The Marches, 🇮🇹 Italy | 2,963 | Map |
| Stella | Rincón, 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico | 1,293 | Map |
| Stella Cilento | Campania, 🇮🇹 Italy | 353 | Map |
| Stella | Piedmont, 🇮🇹 Italy | 221 | Map |
| Contrada Stella | Sicily, 🇮🇹 Italy | 214 | Map |
| La Stella | Tuscany, 🇮🇹 Italy | 210 | Map |
| Stella | Missouri, 🇺🇸 United States | 159 | Map |
| Stella | Nebraska, 🇺🇸 United States | 148 | Map |
| Colle Stella | Abruzzo, 🇮🇹 Italy | 106 | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Stella
There are 20 lakes and reservoirs with Stella in their name, in 3 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 11🇨🇦 Canada 8🇳🇿 New Zealand 1
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| Lac Stella | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Stella | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Stella | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lake Stella | Canterbury, 🇳🇿 New Zealand | Map |
| Lake Stella | Florida, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Stella | Michigan, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Stella | Minnesota, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lake Stella | Minnesota, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Stella Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Stella Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Stella songs
7 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Stella in their title. The best known:
- Stella – Markus Löffel (1992)
- Stella – Giorgio Poi (2019)
- Stella (1851)
- Stella – André Werner (1999)
- Stella – Salvador Conceição
- Stella – Claudio da Gama
- Stella – Clara Berry And Wooldog
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Stella
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Stella.
Stella Adler
Stella Gibbons
Stella Mwangi
Fictional characters named Stella
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Stella as a pet name
FurryName has found 10,008 dogs named Stella in public pet registers, making it the #26 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Sweden (4598), Switzerland (1595), Laval (57). Stella as a dog name →
FurryName has found 4,485 cats named Stella in public pet registers, making it the #30 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Switzerland (1926), Laval (13), Richmond (6). Stella as a cat name →
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