Stella is the Latin and Italian word for star.
Stella is the female version of the male Greek name Stelios which probably originates from the Greek "stylos", or "styli", or "style".The girl's name Stella \s-tella, st(el)-la\ is pronounced STEL-ah. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "star". Mostly literary use until the 19th century, when the name became popular. Linked in most minds to the movie "A Streetcar Named Desire", where Marlon Brando bellowed "Stella!"
Places Name Stella :
- Stella, Italy, a town in Liguria
- Stella, Missouri, a village in Newton County, Missouri
- Stella, South Africa, a town in the North West Province
- Stella-Plage, a seaside resort in northern France
- Stella de Marie, a seaside resort on the Red Sea in Ain El Sokhna, Egypt
- Stella park, a village in the North East of England
- Stella avenue, a street in Dublin, Ireland
- Stella (beer), an Egyptian beer
- Stella Artois, a Belgian beer
- Stella D'Oro, an American brand of cookies
- Stella (bicycles), a French bicycle manufacturer
- Stella (yacht), a class of yacht designed in the UK by C.R. (Kim) Holman in 1959
- Stella (guitar), a brand of a guitar
- Stella (cheese), an Italian brand of cheeses
- Stella (scooter), a vintage scooter brand introduced by the Chicago-based Genuine Scooter Company
- STELLA (language courses), online language courses
- Subaru Stella
Stella has 5 variant forms: Estella, Estelle, Estrella, Stela and Stelle.
For more information, see also related names Starla, Wynstelle and Asta.
Baby names that sound like Stella are Sydella and Sadella.
Stella is a very common first name for women (#247 out of 4276) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#7573 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)
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Source :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Stella
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