Stella: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced STEL-uh · 2 syllables

Stella means “star”, from Latin.

From Latin stella (“star”). Noun sense 2 is after the protagonist of How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998).

How popular is Stella?

Stella was the #52 name in the US in 2025, given to 4,136 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1890.

Babies named Stella in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1890).

Half of US adults named Stella are older than 61; most are between 18 and 87. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Stella have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Stella means “star”. It comes from Latin.

Stella is pronounced STEL-uh.

Stella was the #52 name in the US in 2025, given to 4,136 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1890.

Half of US adults named Stella are older than 61. Most are between 18 and 87.