Stella (given name)
| Pronunciation | /ˈstɛlə/ STEL-ə |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Stella is a greek name given by saint Stilianos |
| Meaning | star in latin |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Stelios, Stylianos, Estelle, Estella |
Stella is a female given name. It is derived from the Latin word for "star".[1][2]
List of people with the given name Stella[]
Arts and entertainment[]
- Stella, stage name of Stella Huang, singer-actress
- Stella Abrera, Filipino-American ballet dancer
- Stella Adler, American actress and acting teacher
- Stella Arbenina, Russian-born actress
- Stella Bennett or Benee (born 2000), New Zealand singer-songwriter
- Stella Benson, English feminist, travel writer, and novelist
- Stella Blandy (1836-1925), French woman of letters, feminist
- Stella Bowen, Australian artist
- Stella Brennan (born 1974), New Zealand artist, curator, and essayist
- Stella Chitty (1928–2005), British stage manager
- Stella Chiweshe, Zimbabwean musician
- , American actress and writer
- Stella Corkery, New Zealand artist and musician
- Stella Dadzie (born 1952), British writer, historian, educationalist and activist
- Stella Feehily, London-born Irish playwright and actress
- Stella Keitel, American actress
- Stella Kon (born 1944), Singaporean playwright
- Stella Weiner Kriegshaber (1879–1966), American pianist
- Stella LeSaint (1881–1948), American silent film actress
- Stella Linden, actress and writer
- Stella Maessen, Dutch singer
- Stella Maeve, American actress
- Stella Malucchi (born 1977), Thai model and actress
- Stella March, pen name of a British romance novelist
- Stella Maxwell, Northern Irish model
- Stella Moray, English actress
- Stella Mwangi, Norwegian-Kenyan singer
- Stella Nickell, an American serial killer
- Stella Parton, American country music singer/songwriter, sister of Dolly Parton
- Stella Pevsner, author of children's books
- Stella Reid, co-star of the Fox network reality television show Nanny 911
- Stella Richman, British television producer
- Stella Roman, Romanian operatic soprano
- Stella Seah (born 1992), Singaporean singer-songwriter
- Stella Soleil, American pop and rock singer
- Stella Stevens (born Estelle Eggleston), American model and actress
- Stella Steyn, Irish artist
- Stella Stocker, American composer and choral conductor
- Stella Stratigou, Greek actress
- Stella Vander, French singer and musician
- Stella Vine, English artist
Sports[]
- Stella Ashcroft (born 2002), gymnast from New Zealand
- Stella Barsosio, Kenyan long-distance runner
- Stella Boumi, Greek swimmer
- Stella Heiß, German curler
- Stella de Heij, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper
- Stela Posavec, Croatian handball player
- Stella Pilatou, Greek long jumper
- Stella Tsikouna, Greek discus thrower
- Stella Zakharova, Olympic gymnast for the former Soviet Union
Politics[]
- Stella Ambler, Canadian politician
- Stella Creasy, British Member of Parliament
- Stella Dupont, French Member of Parliament
- Stella Garza-Hicks, former Republican legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado
- Stella Goldschlag (1922–1994), German Jewish woman who collaborated with the Gestapo during World War II, exposing and denouncing Berlin's underground Jews.
- Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading, British political and military figure
- Stella Jantuan, Moldovan politician
- Stella Levy, Israeli soldier and politician
- Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi, Nigerian Minister of Aviation
- Stella Omu, Nigerian politician
- Stella Sigcau, Minister in the South African government and first female Prime Minister of the Transkei
Other[]
- Stella Baruk, Iranian-born French teacher, mathematician, author and educationalist
- Stella Cunliffe, British statistician
- Stella Immanuel, Cameroonian-American physician, author, and pastor
- Stella Liebeck, American plaintiff in the "McDonald's coffee case".
- Stella Manzie, British public servant and civil servant
- Stella Márquez, former Colombian beauty queen and first Miss International
- Stella Mary Newton, English fashion designer and dress historian
- Stella Mason (?–1918), Muscogee/Creek freedman, subject to a known lawsuit over an estate
- Stella Maxwell, Northern Irish fashion model
- Stella McCartney, British fashion designer
- Stella Nickell, American murderer
- Stella Obasanjo, former First Lady of Nigeria
- Stella Rimington, British author and Director General of MI5
- Stella Ross-Craig, British botanic illustrator
- Stella Hackel Sims, Director of the United States Mint from 1977 to 1981
- Stella Tennant (1970–2020), Scottish model
- Stella Tillyard, British author and historian
Fictional characters[]
- Princess Stella (Winx Club), main character in the animated series Winx Club and World of Winx in which she is the Fairy of the Shinning Sun and Princess of the planet Solaria
- Stella a female snow goose who is Boris' girlfriend and appears in Balto III: Wings of Change
- Stella, female protagonist of an anime movie Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
- Stella Bonasera, character in CSI: NY
- Stella Bonnaro, character in Cowboy Bebop
- Stella Chernak, character in the TV drama Peyton Place
- Stella the Storyteller, fictional character from the TV series Barney and Friends
- Stella Crawford, character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Stella Kowalski, character in the play A Streetcar Named Desire
- Stella Loussier, character in the anime Gundam SEED Destiny
- Stella Malone, character in the Disney Channel series Jonas
- Stella Mann (television character), character in the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)
- Stella Maynard, character in Anne of the Island
- Stella Moon, character in the Scottish BBC drama TV series Monarch of the Glen
- Stella Morris, title character of Sky One series Stella
- Stella Mudd, wife of Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd. from Star Trek "I, Mudd"
- Stella Price, character in the British soap opera Coronation Street
- Stella Vermillion, a mage knight from Chivalry of a Failed Knight
- Stella Zhau, from the American animated series The Loud House.
- Stella, the ideal woman in the work of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland
- Stella is the name of the Glinda analogue in The Wizard of the Emerald City series by Alexander Volkov
- Stella, a female Galah in the Angry Birds series including the spin-off Angry Birds Stella
- Stella Klauser, a non-playable character in Final Fantasy V
- Queen Stella, a non-playable character in Final Fantasy IX
- Stella, a non-playable character in Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
- Stella, a supporting character in Totally Spies! in which she is the mother of super spy Clover
- Stella, a character in the 2006 film Over the Hedge
- Stella, one of the main characters in the series Trulli Tales
- Stella the Star Fairy, a character from the Rainbow Magic book franchise
Name day[]
Hungary: 14 Julius
- Latvia: 25 December[3]
- Bulgaria: 26 November
- Czech Republic: 4 March
References[]
- ^ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Stella (1)".
- ^ "Stella | Etymology, origin and meaning of the name stella by etymonline".
- ^ "Decembris 2016". Kalendārs. Vārda dienas. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
See also[]
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- Estelle (given name)
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