Meaning of the nameStella

Stella is a spelling of the name Stela, which means “star”.

Meaning

“star”

Meaning of the name Stela, of which Stella is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Stella · Wiktionary: Stella

People (2022): 17,527
Rank in Brazil: #1,155
Median age: 10 years
2010 Census: 6,065; people

Stella in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Stella, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022 (4,914 people).

17,459 women 68 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 Stella is most common

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

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	5,737	0.013%
Minas Gerais	2,536	0.012%
Rio de Janeiro	1,785	0.011%
Paraná	1,094	0.010%
Rio Grande do Sul	810	0.007%
Bahia	760	0.005%
Goiás	701	0.010%
Santa Catarina	478	0.006%
Pernambuco	418	0.005%
Espírito Santo	415	0.011%
Distrito Federal	399	0.014%
Maranhão	331	0.005%
Pará	293	0.004%
Mato Grosso	252	0.007%
Mato Grosso do Sul	249	0.009%
Ceará	194	0.002%
Rio Grande do Norte	157	0.005%
Piauí	140	0.004%
Amazonas	131	0.003%
Paraíba	124	0.003%
Alagoas	119	0.004%
Tocantins	115	0.008%
Rondônia	112	0.007%
Sergipe	91	0.004%
Roraima	33	0.005%
Acre	30	0.004%
Amapá	23	0.003%

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

The spelling Stella

The spelling with ll, as in Latin stella; it is the most common in the group in the 2022 Census.

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.

Other spellings of Stela

Spelling	People (2022)
Stella	17,527
Stela	12,379

Sources

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

Questions about the name Stella

What does the name Stella mean?

Stella means “star”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Stela, of which Stella is a spelling.

How many people are named Stella in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 17,527 people with the first name Stella, which ranks it number 1,155 among the country's names. The largest group was born in 2020 to 2022.

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

Stella is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 17,459 women and 68 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Stella?

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

In which Brazilian state is Stella most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.014% of the state's population is named Stella (399 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Stella?

Stela. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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