Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Estoria 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 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Estoria through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 90
- 0 boys · 90 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,630 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,630 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1924.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Similar names
If you love Estoria, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“shining light”
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Odilia
“one who praises God”
>99% girls
Zenobia
Zenobia is a feminine given name from Latin, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in English, Italian, Polish, and Occitan.
>99% girls
Eulalia
“well-spoken”
>99% girls
Elenore
“shining light”
>99% girls
Eudora
“a good gift”
>99% girls
Eugenia
“a wellborn woman” · “a wellborn man”
>99% girls
Rosaria
“refers to the rosary and Our Lady of the Rosary” · “refers to the rosary”
>99% girls