Meaning: Its source is a Latin expression meaning "Star."

Popularity: The name Estela ranked 736th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Though this name has fluctuated in use, it has been quietly present throughout the last century.

Narrative: Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) introduced the use of this Latin word as an English name in his sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella.

Sydney also invented the name Pamela for the shepherdess-heroine of one of his pastoral poems.