The baby name Estrela Maria is a Female name , 336 syllables long and is pronounced {'IPA_portuguese (Brazilian)': 'esˈtɾɛ.la maˈɾi.a', 'respelling_portuguese': 'es-TREH-la mah-REE-ah', 'IPA_spanish': 'esˈtre.ʝa maˈɾi.a', 'respelling_spanish': 'es-TREH-ya mah-REE-ah'}.
Estrela Maria is Latin, Portuguese in Origin.
The baby name Estrela Maria is a Female name , 336 syllables long and is pronounced {'IPA_portuguese (Brazilian)': 'esˈtɾɛ.la maˈɾi.a', 'respelling_portuguese': 'es-TREH-la mah-REE-ah', 'IPA_spanish': 'esˈtre.ʝa maˈɾi.a', 'respelling_spanish': 'es-TREH-ya mah-REE-ah'}.
Estrela Maria is Latin, Portuguese in Origin.
Estrela Maria is a Lusophone compound feminine name combining Estrela, Portuguese and Galician for “star” (from Latin stella), with Maria, the pan-Iberian form of Mary from Hebrew Miryam. Together it can suggest the devotional image “Star of the Sea” (Stella Maris), a long-standing Marian epithet in Catholic tradition, and it also echoes the Star of Bethlehem.
In Portugal, Brazil, and Cape Verde, compound names with Maria flourished in the 19th–20th centuries, and Estrela has seen periodic use, especially in religious contexts (Nossa Senhora da Estrela). Variants and cognates include Estela Maria, Estrella María (Spanish), Stella Maria or Stella Maris (Italian/Latin), and Estelle Marie (French), with the reversed order Maria Estrela also found; hyphenation (Estrela-Maria) occurs in modern records. Nicknames may be Mia, Marita, or Estrelinha. The name carries bright, guiding connotations while retaining the classic, international familiarity of Maria.
Estrela Maria is vanishingly rare. We count just 3 recorded uses of it worldwide, from 2 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LU | Girls | 0 | #190 | 1 | 4,850 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #470 | 2 | 7,952 |
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