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Meaning of the nameStela

Stela and Stella are spellings of a feminine name that comes from Latin stella, 'star'; Behind the Name gives Estela as the Portuguese form.

Meaning

“star”

Source: Behind the Name: Stella · Wiktionary: Stella

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People (2022)
12,379
Rank in Brazil
#1,473
Median age
26 years
2010 Census
8,248
people

Stela in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Stela, 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 (2,168 people).

12,325 women 54 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 Stela is most common

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

  1. Minas Gerais 0.011%
  2. Distrito Federal 0.009%
  3. Espírito Santo 0.009%
  4. São Paulo 0.007%
  5. Rio Grande do Sul 0.007%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3,3050.007%
Minas Gerais2,2790.011%
Rio de Janeiro9100.006%
Rio Grande do Sul7870.007%
Paraná7680.007%
Bahia7010.005%
Santa Catarina5400.007%
Goiás4910.007%
Espírito Santo3350.009%
Pernambuco2800.003%
Distrito Federal2600.009%
Maranhão2560.004%
Pará2150.003%
Mato Grosso2150.006%
Ceará2020.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul1720.006%
Piauí950.003%
Alagoas880.003%
Paraíba840.002%
Amazonas820.002%
Rio Grande do Norte750.002%
Sergipe670.003%
Rondônia660.004%
Tocantins490.003%
Acre250.003%
Roraima170.003%
Amapá150.002%

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

About the name Stela

According to Behind the Name, Stella means 'star' in Latin and was created in the sixteenth century by the poet Philip Sidney for the sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella, but only became common as a given name in the nineteenth century. Wiktionary also derives Stella from Latin stēlla, 'star'. The spelling Stela, with a single l, is the form of the name in languages such as Czech, Slovak and Romanian, according to Behind the Name, and Wiktionary records it in Polish as coming from Latin. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 17,527 people named Stella, with a median age of 10.

The spelling with a single l, the same one used in Czech, Slovak and Romanian.

Other spellings of Stela

SpellingPeople (2022)
Stella17,527
Stela12,379

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Stella · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Stella · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Stela · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Stela

What does the name Stela mean?

Stela means “star”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Stela in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 12,379 people with the first name Stela, which ranks it number 1,473 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

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

Stela is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 12,325 women and 54 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Stela?

Stela is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Stela most common?

Proportionally, in Minas Gerais: 0.011% of the state's population is named Stela (2,279 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Stela?

Stella. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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