Meaning and Origin of: Stella
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Girl name origins & meanings:
- Latin : Star
- Latin : Star
- French : Variation of Estella
Girl name variations
Family name origins & meanings:
- Italian : from stella ‘star’. In most cases it probably derives from a medieval female personal name or nickname, but it may also have been a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a star or from any of the places so named (for example in Savona and Salerno), or a topographic name for someone who lived at a place from which roads radiated out in various different directions.
- Dutch : from a Latin translation of Dutch Ster, meaning ‘star’, a habitational name derived from a house sign.
Famous people with this first name:
Famous people who gave their babies this name
- Antonio Banderas,
- Dave Matthews,
- Elizabeth Shue,
- Ellen Pompeo,
- Harvey Keitel,
- Lindsay Buckingham,
- Matt Damon,
- Melanie Griffith,
- Molly Shannon,
- Paul McCartney,
- Tori Spelling,
