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Estelle
Say it: eh-STEL
Meaning
From Old French estelle 'star', from Latin stella.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in 19th-century France and spread to the US, peaking around 1920.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 54,394 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1908, about 1 in 495 girls
- 336 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Estella
| Spanish | Estela |
|---|---|
| Latin | Stella |
Famous bearers
- Estelle Getty, American actress
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.