Baby name
CLASSIC
🇧🇷 🇵🇹 🇪🇸 Estela
/es · TEH · lah/
Meaning
“Star”
Spanish and Portuguese form of Stella, from Latin stella meaning star; the single-l spelling is standard in the Iberian Peninsula and Latin America.
Nicknames
este
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Warm and starlit; classic in the Spanish-speaking world without ever feeling heavy.
The cultural moment.
Consistent use across Spain, Portugal, and Latin America for over a century; quietly enduring.