Estelle

Where Estelle comes from

Borrowed from French Estelle, from Occitan estela (“star”), from Latin stēlla. Doublet of étoile, estoile, stella, and stelo. Name of a third century martyr.
— Wiktionary's entry for Estelle
  • French
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #134 among girls — 119 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1911
    Peak, #106
    864 babies named Estelle — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1927
    Estelle Parsons born
    American actress
  4. 1928
    Estelle Harris born
    American actress
  5. 1937
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #311.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French
Namesakes
  • Estelle Harris · American actress, 1928–2022
  • Estelle Parsons · American actress, born 1927
  • Estelle Getty · American actress, 1923–2008
  • Estelle Reiner · American actress and singer, 1914–2008

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.