Estelle is a girl's name of English origin meaning “star.” In 2024 it was given to 462 girls in the United States.
Estelle at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
English & American
Meaning
“star”
Pronunciation
/ɛˈstɛl/
About the name Estelle
Estelle belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “star” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Estelle first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #106 in 1911, and in 2024 462 babies received the name — 55,887 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.