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Meaning of the nameEstella

Estella is a spelling of the name Estela, which means “star”.

Meaning

“star”

Meaning of the name Estela, of which Estella is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Estelle

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People (2022)
4,941
Rank in Brazil
#2,761
Median age
8 years
2010 Census
1,830
people

Estella in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Estella, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (1,539 people).

4,924 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Estella is most common

States with the highest share of people named Estella in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio de Janeiro 0.004%
  2. Distrito Federal 0.004%
  3. Espírito Santo 0.004%
  4. Goiás 0.003%
  5. Mato Grosso 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo1,3090.003%
Rio de Janeiro6430.004%
Minas Gerais5710.003%
Paraná2930.003%
Rio Grande do Sul2610.002%
Bahia2150.002%
Goiás2110.003%
Maranhão1410.002%
Pará1370.002%
Espírito Santo1350.004%
Pernambuco1240.001%
Santa Catarina1190.002%
Mato Grosso1090.003%
Distrito Federal1020.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul760.003%
Ceará750.001%
Paraíba690.002%
Tocantins520.003%
Amazonas480.001%
Alagoas450.001%
Rio Grande do Norte440.001%
Rondônia420.003%
Sergipe380.002%
Piauí360.001%
Amapá180.003%
Acre170.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Estella

It doubles the L, like the Latinized form Estella that Wiktionary and Behind the Name record; most people with this spelling were born from 2010 on.

About the name Estela

Behind the Name gives Estela as the Portuguese and Spanish form of Estelle, an Old French name meaning 'star' that ultimately comes from Latin stella. Wiktionary describes Estella as a Latinized and Italian variant of Estelle, and Behind the Name calls it a Latinized form. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) lists Estella, Stela, Stella, Esthela and Hestela among the spellings of Estela. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 43,560 people named Estela, with a median age of 21.

Other spellings of Estela

SpellingPeople (2022)
Estela43,560
Estella4,941

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Estela · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Estelle · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Estella · behindthename.com · spelling
  4. Wiktionary: Estella · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Estela · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Estella

What does the name Estella mean?

Estella means “star”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Estela, of which Estella is a spelling.

How many people are named Estella in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,941 people with the first name Estella, which ranks it number 2,761 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Estella a boy's or a girl's name?

Estella is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 4,924 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Estella?

Estella is a name of Latin and French origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Estella most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.004% of the state's population is named Estella (643 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Estella?

Estela. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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