Stella

Meaning and origin of Stella

Popularity of Stella in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2010.
• Over recent years, Stella has been stable (−3.4% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Stella every 11 schools, all spellings combined.

Stella in English-speaking countries

Stella ranks 45^th in British Columbia (Canada), 48^th in United States and 56^th in New Zealand, against 215^th in France.

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  56^th girls’ name188 babies in 3 years1 girl in 223−3% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  45^th girls’ name172 babies in 3 years1 girl in 231−0.8% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  56^th girls’ name456 babies in 3 years1 girl in 339−4.4% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  48^th girls’ name12,781 babies in 3 years1 girl in 378−2.3% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  127^th girls’ name110 babies in 3 years1 girl in 590+4.6% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  285^th girls’ name38 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,431

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  319^th girls’ name13 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,732

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  315^th girls’ name408 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,882+1.1% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Stella and Stélla are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Stélla5
• Stela10

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Stella

• Soline
• Sibylle
• Norah
• Pia
• Flora
• Aurore
• Faustine
• Mira
• Lara
• Pauline
• Laura
• Lucy

See also

• →French names of Latin origin