The first name Estella
A girl’s name from Latin.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Latin origin
Latinized and Italian variant of the French Estelle.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 12 girls were named Estella, making it the 2,278th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2012, with 27 births (#1,210).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Estella with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Estella at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 581 girls born in the United States were named Estella, the 509th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1921, when 638 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Estella
3 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Estella WarrenCanadian actress, model, and synchronized swimmer, born 1978
- Estella CanzianiBritish portrait and landscape painter, an interior decorator and a travel writer and folk, 1887–1964
- Estella Marie ThompsonAmerican television personality and former prostitute, born 1969
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Questions
- What does the name Estella mean?
- Latinized and Italian variant of the French Estelle.
- What is the origin of the name Estella?
- Latinized and Italian variant of the French Estelle.
- How popular is the name Estella?
- In 2025, 12 girls born in England and Wales were named Estella, ranking 2,278th. Its peak was 2012, with 27 births.
- Is Estella a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 42,975 US babies named Estella since 1880 were girls.
- When was Estella most popular?
- 1921 in the United States, when 638 babies were named Estella, its highest rank at 261st.