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Estelle - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Estelle

[ 2 syll. es-tel-le, est-e-lle ] The girl name Estelle is pronounced as ehSTEHL †. Estelle is primarily used in English and French, and its language of origin is Latin. Estelle is a variation of the English, German, and Italian name Stella. A form of the name is the English spelling variant Estell.

Estelle is uncommon as a baby name for girls. At the modest height of its usage in 1911, 0.195% of baby girls were named Estelle. It ranked at #106 then. The baby name has since dropped out of favor, and is now of sporadic use. In 2008, within the group of girl names directly related to Estelle, Stella was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Estelle include the English Estell, the English Estela, and the English and German Estella.

A famous person named Estelle is Actress, Merle Oberon, born Estelle Merle Thompson, 18 February 1911 - 23 November 1979, Bombay, British India.

 



† Pronunciation for Estelle: EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"


 
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