Stella

Stella is a Latin name meaning star, derived from the classical Latin word stella. It was used as a literary name in the Renaissance and became widely known through Sir Philip Sidney's sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella, written in the 1580s, in which it served as the idealized name of his beloved. The name gained broad popularity as a given name across Europe and the English-speaking world from the nineteenth century onward. Related forms include Estelle, Estella, and the Italian and Spanish Estrella.