Entry № 1748 · Latin origin

Estella Estella — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ es-TEL-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Star"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 487
First recorded
Medieval (Latin)

A name that means "star".

Estella is the Latin and Spanish form of Stella — from the Latin stella, meaning "star." The Italian Estela carries the same root.

Charles Dickens's Great Expectations (1861) features Estella as the beautiful, cold ward of Miss Havisham, beloved by Pip. The character has fascinated readers for over 160 years. Today Estella sits in the U.S. top 500 and is rising.

Star. Dickens's Great Expectations heroine.

The name in its native script.

Estella
Transliteration
Estella
Pronunciation
/ ɛˈstɛl.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Estella stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 487 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 487 in 2025
Babies named Estella · last year
612 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
1880
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · №487 NOW · №487

Estellas before her.

Real people
Estella Warren
Canadian actress and model.
born 1978
In fiction
Estella Havisham
Heroine of Dickens's Great Expectations.
1861 novel

Names connected to Estella.

The number behind Estella.

1

The Pioneer

Estella reduces to one — the number of singular starlight.

Why families chose this name.

"Great Expectations was the first long book I read. Estella was unforgettable."
Catherine · Mother of one · London