Given name · Greek
Στέλλα
“star”
Στέλλα (Stélla) is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Stella.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Greek usage, Στέλλα is a feminine form of Στέλιος.
Στέλλα’s family of names
In Greek usage, Στέλλα is a feminine form of Στέλιος. In Greek usage, Στέλλα has a conventional equivalent in the English form Stella. In Greek usage, Στέλλα can be written in the Roman alphabet as Stélla.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Στέλλα
- Stella KyriakidesCypriot politicianborn 1956
- Stella SouliotiCypriot politician (1920-2012)
- Styliani KaltsidouGreek basketball player (born 1983)
- Stella GrekaGreek singer and actor (1922–2025)
- Stella ChristodoulouGreek volleyball playerborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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