Stella
Stella is a girl name of Latin origin, ranked #11 in popularity, meaning Star. Shining and celestial.
What Stella means
Star. Shining and celestial.
Stella sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Stella comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Stella is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Stella?
Stella is ranked #11, firmly inside the top twenty-five. It is familiar without being unavoidable: widely known, easy to spell, and still not on every register.
The character of Stella
We group Stella under Star and the stars and sky — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Stella
These share Stella's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Nova — New; a blazing star.
- Stellaluna — Star and moon.
- Estelle — Star.
- Vesper — The evening star.
- Hoshi — Star.
- Seren — Star.
- Sitara — Star.
- Soraya — The Pleiades; a star cluster.
- Astra — Of the stars.
- Bituin — Star.
- Csilla — Morning star.
- Danica — Morning star.
More Latin names
- Solace — Comfort in sorrow.
- Stellaluna — Star and moon.
- Severus — Stern; resolute.
- Sylvester — From the forest; wild.
- Serenity — Peace and calm.
- Sylvia — From the forest.
- Sabina — A Sabine woman.
- Temperance — Moderation and restraint.
- Rufus — Red-haired.
- Tiberius — Of the Tiber river.