Estelle

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Estella in LA Laos.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Estelle is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name348K records spelled Estelle20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada

  Languages: English, Dutch, German

  Also written Estèlle, Estélle, Estellé, Éstelle, Estellë

• a separate given name10K records spelled Estelle3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland

  Also written Estellè, Estellé

• Indonesian given name1.2K records spelled Estelle4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Indonesia, Madagascar

  Languages: Indonesian, Malagasy, Malay

  Also written Estellé

• Polish given name1.2K records spelled Estelle2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, United Kingdom, South Africa

  Also written Estellé

69 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Estelle is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Based on the Latin word ‘stella’ or ‘star’. Esther [E/stir] (f) A Persian name of unknown meaning, which was used in Ireland to ‘translate’ Ashling. There was an Irish custom of conferring this name on children born at Easter.

  as a name·Irish first names

• In English, A female given name from French borrowed from French.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, Du latin stella, « étoile »; prénom associé à l’étoile, à la lumière et à la protection.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Du latin stella « étoile »; fête de sainte Estelle le 11 mai.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In Swedish, Estelle är en fransk form av latinets Stella ’stjärna’. I den rikssvenska almanackan 15 augusti. En känd nutida namnbärare är prinsessan Estelle (f. 2012).

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Sylvia Pankhurstb. 1882GBnot in their usual nameEnglish feminist and socialist (1882–1960)
• Estelle Winwoodb. 1883GBBritish actress (1883–1984)
• Estelle Gettyb. 1923USAmerican actress (1923–2008)
• Estelle Parsonsb. 1927USAmerican actress
• Estelle Harrisb. 1928USAmerican actress (1928–2022)
• Louise Fletcherb. 1934USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1934–2022)
• Stella Stevensb. 1938USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1938–2023)
• Octavia Butlerb. 1947USnot in their usual nameAmerican science fiction writer (1947-2006)
• Geri Halliwellb. 1972GBnot in their usual nameEnglish singer and actress
• Princess Estelle, Duchess of Östergötlandb. 2012SEdaughter of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 737 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Estelle?

We estimate roughly 103 thousand people bear Estelle (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Estelle have the most bearers?

We estimate about 75 thousand people bear Estelle in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled estelle.

Where is Estelle most common?

Estelle is densest in France, where the national register counts about 1 in 909 people carrying it.

How common is Estelle compared with other names?

In France, Estelle is the 234th most common given name of 711,207 given names recorded there.

Is Estelle a male or female name?

Estelle is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Estelle mean?

Recorded meaning: Old French name meaning ‘star’ (Latin pStella), comparatively rarely used during the Middle Ages.