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Stella is a female given name. It is derived from the
Latin word for
star .
[1]
[2] It has been in use in
English-speaking countries since it was first used by
Philip Sidney in
Astrophel and Stella , his 1580s
sonnet sequence . Use might also have increased due to
Stella Maris as a title for the
Virgin Mary by
Catholics .
[3] Alternately, it is a feminine version of the
Greek name
Stylianos , meaning
pillar .
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Popularity
Stella is a well-used name in recent years, among the most popular names for newborn girls in
Australia ,
Belgium ,
Canada ,
Czech Republic ,
England ,
Finland ,
France ,
Iceland ,
Italy ,
Netherlands ,
New Zealand ,
Norway ,
Slovenia ,
Sweden ,
Switzerland ,
United States , and
Wales .
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List of people with the given name Stella
Arts and entertainment
Stella , stage name of Stella Huang, singer-actress
Stella Abrera (born 1978), Filipino-American ballet dancer
Stella Adler (1901–1992), American actress and acting teacher
Stella Arbenina (1884–1976), Russian-born actress
Stella Bennett or Benee (born 2000), New Zealand singer-songwriter
Stella Benson (1892–1933), English feminist, travel writer, and novelist
Stella Blandy (1836–1925), French woman of letters, feminist
Stella Bowen (1893–1947), Australian artist
Stella Brennan (born 1974), New Zealand artist, curator, and essayist
Stella Chitty (1928–2005), British stage manager
Stella Chiweshe (1946–2023), Zimbabwean musician
Stella Corkery (born 1960), New Zealand artist and musician
Stella Dadzie (born 1952), British writer, historian, educationalist and activist
Stella Feehily (born 1969), London-born Irish playwright and actress
Stella Keitel , American actress
Stella Kon (born 1944), Singaporean playwright
Stella Weiner Kriegshaber (1879–1966), American pianist
Stella LeSaint (1881–1948), American silent film actress
Stella Linden (1919–2005), actress and writer
Stella Madden , English actress
Stella Maessen (born 1953), Dutch singer
Stella Maeve (born 1989), American actress
Stella Malucchi (born 1977), Thai model and actress
Stella March (1915–2010), pen name of a British romance novelist
Stella Maxwell (born 1990), Northern Irish model
Stella Meghie , Canadian film director and screenwriter
Stella Moray (1923–2006), English actress
Stella Mwangi (born 1986), Norwegian-Kenyan singer
Stella Nickell (born 1943), an American serial killer
Stella Parton (born 1949), American country music singer/songwriter, sister of Dolly Parton
Stella Pevsner (1921–2020), author of children's books
Stella Reid (born 1964), co-star of the Fox network reality television show Nanny 911
Stella Richman (1922–2002), British television producer
Stella Roman (1904–1992), Romanian operatic soprano
Stella Seah (born 1992), Singaporean singer-songwriter
Stella Soleil (born 1971), American pop and rock singer
Stella Stevens (1934–2023) American model and actress born Estelle Eggleston
Stella Steyn (1907–1987), Irish artist
Stella Stocker (1858–1925), American composer and choral conductor
Stella Stratigou (1931–2005), Greek actress
Stella Vander (born 1950), French singer and musician
Stella Vine (born 1969), English artist
Sports
Stella Ashcroft (born 2002), gymnast from New Zealand
Stella Barsosio (born 1993), Kenyan long-distance runner
Stella Boumi (born 1988), Greek swimmer
Stella Heiß (born 1993), German curler
Stella de Heij (born 1968), Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
Stela Posavec (born 1996), Croatian handball player
Stella Pilatou (born 1980), Greek long jumper
Stella Rutto (born 1996), Romanian steeplechaser
Stella Tsikouna (born 1972), Greek discus thrower
Stella Zakharova (born 1963), Olympic gymnast for the former Soviet Union
Politics
Stella Ambler (born 1966), Canadian politician
Stella Creasy (born 1977), British Member of Parliament
Stella Dupont (born 1973), French Member of Parliament
Stella Garza-Hicks (born 1953), former Republican legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado
Stella Goldschlag (1922–1994), German Jewish woman who collaborated with the Gestapo during World War II, exposing and denouncing Berlin's underground Jews.
Stella Gherman (born 1974), Moldovan Member of Parliament
Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading (1894–1971), British political and military figure
Stella Jantuan (born 1966), Moldovan politician
Stella Levy (1924–1999), Israeli soldier and politician
Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi (born 1962), Nigerian Minister of Aviation
Stella Omu (born 1946), Nigerian politician
Stella Sigcau (1937–2006), Minister in the South African government and first female Prime Minister of the Transkei
Other
Stella Baruk (1932), Iranian-born French teacher, mathematician, author and educationalist
Stella Burry (1897–1991), Canadian activist
Stella Cunliffe (1917–2012), British statistician
Stella Immanuel (born 1965), Cameroonian-American physician, author, and pastor
Stella Koutros , American cancer epidemiologist
Stella Liebeck , American plaintiff in the "McDonald's coffee case".
Stella Manzie (1960), British public servant and civil servant
Stella Márquez (born 1937), former Colombian beauty queen and first Miss International
Stella Mary Newton (1901–2001, English fashion designer and dress historian
Stella Mason (c.1901?–1918),
Muscogee /Creek
freedman , subject to a known lawsuit over an estate
Stella Maxwell (born 1990), Northern Irish fashion model
Stella McCartney (born 1971), British fashion designer
Stella Nickell (born 1943), American murderer
Stella Obasanjo (1945–2005), former First Lady of Nigeria
Stella Rimington (born 1935), British author and Director General of MI5
Stella Ross-Craig (1906–2006), British botanic illustrator
Stella Hackel Sims (born 1926), Director of the United States Mint from 1977 to 1981
Stella Tennant (1970–2020), Scottish model
Stella Tillyard (born 1957), British author and historian
Stella Young (1982–2014), Australian comedian, journalist and disability rights activist
Fictional characters
Stella (Winx Club ) , one of the main characters of
Winx Club
Stella a female snow goose who is Boris' girlfriend and appears in Balto III: Wings of Change
Stella, female protagonist of an anime movie
Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
Stella Bains, a character from the movie
Back to the Future
Stella Bonasera , character in CSI: NY
Stella Bonnaro,
character in Cowboy Bebop
Stella Chernak , character in the TV drama Peyton Place
Stella the Storyteller, fictional character from the TV series
Barney & Friends
Stella Crawford , character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
Stella Dagostino, character in
Rush
Stella Graybur, a character in
Poppy Playtime
Stella Kowalski , character in the play A Streetcar Named Desire
Stella Loussier , character in the anime Gundam SEED Destiny
Stella Malone , character in the Disney Channel series Jonas
Stella Mann (television character) , character in the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love )
Stella Maynard,
character in Anne of the Island
Stella Moon, character in the Scottish BBC drama TV series
Monarch of the Glen
Stella Morris, title character of
Sky One series
Stella
Stella Mudd, wife of
Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd . from
Star Trek "
I, Mudd "
Stella Price , character in the British soap opera Coronation Street
Stella Takachiho, a character in the
Revue Starlight franchise
Stella Urquhart, character in the 1983 film
Local Hero
Stella Vermillion, a mage knight from
Chivalry of a Failed Knight
Stella Zhau, from the American animated series
The Loud House .
Stella, the ideal woman in the work of Norwegian poet
Henrik Wergeland
Stella is the name of the Glinda analogue in
The Wizard of the Emerald City series by Alexander Volkov
Stella, a female Galah in the
Angry Birds series including the spin-off
Angry Birds Stella
Stella Klauser, a non-playable character in
Final Fantasy V
Queen Stella, a non-playable character in
Final Fantasy IX
Stella, a non-playable character in
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
Stella, a supporting character in
Totally Spies! in which she is the mother of super spy
Clover
Stella, a character in the 2006 film
Over the Hedge
Stella, one of the main characters in the series
Trulli Tales
Stella, the guardian of the Sparkle Theater in the game
Princess Peach: Showtime!
Stella the Star Fairy, a character from the
Rainbow Magic book franchise
Name day
References
See also
Look up
Stella in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.