Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Estell isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Estell through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,783
- 551 boys · 4,232 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 179 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 12% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 155 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 602 as a first name in 2020; 1,873 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Estell’s family of names
Estell may belong to the same name family as ESTEL. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
Similar names
If you love Estell, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Idell
1% boys · 99% girls
Ethel
“a noble woman” · “one who is noble”
>99% girls
Adell
Adell is a unisex given name from Proto-Germanic.
>99% girls
Exie
>99% girls
Esta
“woman from the East”
>99% girls
Ethelyn
>99% girls
Ethyl
Ethyl is a feminine given name from Old English.
>99% girls
Inell
>99% girls