Stella

See also: stella, -stella, and -stellä

English

Etymology

From Latin stēlla (“star”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛlə/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɛlə
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈsʈɛlːa/
• Homophones: stella; stellar, steller, Steller (non-rhotic)
• Hyphenation: Stel‧la

Proper noun

Stella

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Girls' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 91:

     What lovely names for girls there are! / There's Stella like the Evening Star,

2. Ellipsis of Stella Artois, a brand of beer.
   • 2006, “Sheila”, performed by Jamie T:

     Sheila goes out with her mate Stella / It gets poured all over her fella

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Stella.
3. A town in South Africa.
4. A village in Missouri.
5. A village in Nebraska.
6. A town in Wisconsin.
7. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ1763).
9. (US, numismatics) A gold coin with a face value of $4.00 proposed for use in the United States in the 19th century.

Related terms

• stella
• Stella Maris

Translations

female given name

• Czech: Stela (cs) f
• French: Estelle (fr) f
• Galician: Estela (gl) f
• Macedonian: Ѕвездана f (Dzvezdana)
• Polish: Stela (pl) f, Stella (pl) f
• Russian: Стелла (ru) f (Stella)
• Spanish: Estela (es) f, Estrella (es)

Noun

Stella (plural Stellas)

1. A serving of Stella Artois, a brand of beer.

   I'm going to have a few Stellas tonight.

2. (Jamaica, slang, derogatory) A black woman who visits Jamaica as a sex tourist; named after the protagonist of How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998).

   Coordinate term: milk bottle

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

   • 2018, Bianca C. Williams, The Pursuit of Happiness‎^[1], Duke University Press, →ISBN:

     They often come thinking that Jamaican women are not going to like them, because they have heard from others in the United States that Jamaican women have a bad attitude and are upset that these “Stellas” are taking all of their men.

Anagrams

• sallet, Tealls, all set

Danish

Etymology

From Latin stella.

Proper noun

Stella

1. a female given name

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin stella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛ.laː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Stel‧la
• Rhymes: -ɛlaː

Proper noun

Stella f

1. a female given name from Latin

Estonian

Etymology

From Latin stella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstelːɑ/, [ˈstelːɑ]

Proper noun

Stella

1. a female given name

Faroese

Proper noun

Stella f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• Stella's son: Stelluson
• Stella's daughter: Stelludóttir

Declension

	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Stella
accusative	Stellu
dative	Stellu
genitive	Stellu

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Stēlla (literally “star”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstelːɑ/, [ˈs̠te̞lːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -elːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Stel‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): Stel‧la

Proper noun

Stella

1. a female given name

Declension

Inflection of Stella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Stella	Stellat
genitive		Stellan	Stellojen
partitive		Stellaa	Stelloja
illative		Stellaan	Stelloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Stella	Stellat
accusative	nom.	Stella	Stellat
	gen.	Stellan
genitive		Stellan	Stellojen Stellain rare
partitive		Stellaa	Stelloja
inessive		Stellassa	Stelloissa
elative		Stellasta	Stelloista
illative		Stellaan	Stelloihin
adessive		Stellalla	Stelloilla
ablative		Stellalta	Stelloilta
allative		Stellalle	Stelloille
essive		Stellana	Stelloina
translative		Stellaksi	Stelloiksi
abessive		Stellatta	Stelloitta
instructive		—	Stelloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Stella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Stellani Stellani accusative nom. Stellani Stellani gen. Stellani genitive Stellani Stellojeni Stellaini rare partitive Stellaani Stellojani inessive Stellassani Stelloissani elative Stellastani Stelloistani illative Stellaani Stelloihini adessive Stellallani Stelloillani ablative Stellaltani Stelloiltani allative Stellalleni Stelloilleni essive Stellanani Stelloinani translative Stellakseni Stelloikseni abessive Stellattani Stelloittani instructive — — comitative — Stelloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Stellasi Stellasi accusative nom. Stellasi Stellasi gen. Stellasi genitive Stellasi Stellojesi Stellaisi rare partitive Stellaasi Stellojasi inessive Stellassasi Stelloissasi elative Stellastasi Stelloistasi illative Stellaasi Stelloihisi adessive Stellallasi Stelloillasi ablative Stellaltasi Stelloiltasi allative Stellallesi Stelloillesi essive Stellanasi Stelloinasi translative Stellaksesi Stelloiksesi abessive Stellattasi Stelloittasi instructive — — comitative — Stelloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Stellamme Stellamme accusative nom. Stellamme Stellamme gen. Stellamme genitive Stellamme Stellojemme Stellaimme rare partitive Stellaamme Stellojamme inessive Stellassamme Stelloissamme elative Stellastamme Stelloistamme illative Stellaamme Stelloihimme adessive Stellallamme Stelloillamme ablative Stellaltamme Stelloiltamme allative Stellallemme Stelloillemme essive Stellanamme Stelloinamme translative Stellaksemme Stelloiksemme abessive Stellattamme Stelloittamme instructive — — comitative — Stelloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Stellanne Stellanne accusative nom. Stellanne Stellanne gen. Stellanne genitive Stellanne Stellojenne Stellainne rare partitive Stellaanne Stellojanne inessive Stellassanne Stelloissanne elative Stellastanne Stelloistanne illative Stellaanne Stelloihinne adessive Stellallanne Stelloillanne ablative Stellaltanne Stelloiltanne allative Stellallenne Stelloillenne essive Stellananne Stelloinanne translative Stellaksenne Stelloiksenne abessive Stellattanne Stelloittanne instructive — — comitative — Stelloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative Stellansa Stellansa accusative nom. Stellansa Stellansa gen. Stellansa genitive Stellansa Stellojensa Stellainsa rare partitive Stellaansa Stellojaan Stellojansa inessive Stellassaan Stellassansa Stelloissaan Stelloissansa elative Stellastaan Stellastansa Stelloistaan Stelloistansa illative Stellaansa Stelloihinsa adessive Stellallaan Stellallansa Stelloillaan Stelloillansa ablative Stellaltaan Stellaltansa Stelloiltaan Stelloiltansa allative Stellalleen Stellallensa Stelloilleen Stelloillensa essive Stellanaan Stellanansa Stelloinaan Stelloinansa translative Stellakseen Stellaksensa Stelloikseen Stelloiksensa abessive Stellattaan Stellattansa Stelloittaan Stelloittansa instructive — — comitative — Stelloineen Stelloinensa

Statistics

• Stella is the 208^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 2,901 female individuals (and as a middle name to 469 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German

Etymology

From Latin stella.

Proper noun

Stella

1. a female given name

Icelandic

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin stella (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɛlːa/

  Rhymes: -ɛlːa

  Homophone: stella

Proper noun

Stella f (proper noun, genitive singular Stellu)

1. a female given name
2. A female nickname
3. (colloquial) Stella Artois beer

Usage notes

As a nickname, this name is frequently used for women with various unrelated and dissimilar given names.

Declension

Declension of Stella (sg-only feminine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Stella
accusative	Stellu
dative	Stellu
genitive	Stellu

Italian

Etymology

From Latin stella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstel.la/
• Rhymes: -ella
• Hyphenation: Stél‧la

Proper noun

Stella f

1. a female given name
2. a commune of Liguria
3. a river in Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Anagrams

• stalle

Latin

Etymology

From stēlla (“star”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsteːl.la]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈstɛl.la]

Proper noun

Stēlla m sg (genitive Stēllae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Lucius Arruntius Stella, a Roman senator

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Stēlla
genitive	Stēllae
dative	Stēllae
accusative	Stēllam
ablative	Stēllā
vocative	Stēlla

References

• “Stella”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin stella. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1857.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Stella c (genitive Stellas)

1. a female given name

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Stella.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈstela/ [ʔɪsˈt̪ɛː.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: Ste‧lla

Noun

Stella (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜎ)

1. a female given name from English [in turn from Latin]