Estelle
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A female given name from French borrowed from French
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɛstɛl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Estelle is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 982(inferred from the name graph)
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 3.5K
- BEBelgium≈1 in 3.6K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Estelle itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 378 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 982 (inferred from the name graph)
≈95,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Old French name meaning ‘star’ (Latin pStella), comparatively rarely used during the Middle Ages. It was revived in the 19th century, together with the Latinate form Estella, which was used by Dickens for the ward of Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (1861).
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
How Estelle is read(measured from records)
Estelle is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- French48%
Du latin stella, « étoile »; prénom associé à l’étoile, à la lumière et à la protection.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Du latin stella « étoile »; fête de sainte Estelle le 11 mai.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
- English44%
A female given name from French borrowed from French.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Estelle counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈95,000 est. | ≈1 in 15K | — | Estelle | 28 |
| FR France | #195 | ≈69,000 est. | ≈1 in 982 | 75K | Estelle | 378 |
| US United States | — | 17,555as Estella | 1 in 19K | 18K | Estelle | 279 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | — | Estelle | 53 |
| CM Cameroon | #159 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Estelle | 29 |
| BE Belgium | #535 | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | 92 | Estelle | 91 |
| SE Sweden | — | 3,140 | 1 in 3.2K | 3.1K | Estelle | 24 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Estelle is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Old French name meaning ‘star’ (Latin pStella), comparatively rarely used during the Middle Ages. It was revived in the 19th century, together with the Latinate form Estella, which was used by Dickens for the ward of Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (1861).
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
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 nameIrish first names
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 nameFörnamn 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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- 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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 81 sources across 47 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 75K | #502 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 14K | #1,979 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 3.1K | #808 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 1.2K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 523 | — |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2024 | 92 | #87 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 36 | #1,979 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1943 | 5 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Estelle come from?
- Old French name meaning ‘star’ (Latin pStella), comparatively rarely used during the Middle Ages. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What does the name Estelle mean?
- In English, A female given name from French borrowed from French.
- 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 are other forms of the name Estelle?
- In the etymology graph, Estela, Stella and Estella are forms of the same name in other languages; Essie is a recorded short or pet form.
- In which country does Estelle have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 95 thousand people named Estelle in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled estelle.
- How do you pronounce Estelle?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛstɛl/ (IPA) for French.
- How common is the name Estelle?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 3,140 people named Estelle, about 1 in 3.2 thousand residents.
- How common is Estelle compared with other names?
- In Cameroon, Estelle is the 159th most common given name of 9,064 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/estelleThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Estelle” — the 159th most common given name in Cameroon. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.