Stella

Stella is a Latin name meaning star, derived from the Latin word stella. It was used as a literary name by the 16th-century poet Philip Sidney, who addressed his sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella to a beloved bearing this name, and it gained broader use as a given name from the 19th century onward. The name also connects to the Greek word for star, aster, reflecting a shared Indo-European root for stellar imagery. Related forms include Estelle, Estrella, and Steren.