The baby name Estrela is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced pt-BR: es-TREH-lah (IPA: /esˈtɾɛ.la/); pt-PT: ish-TREH-luh (IPA: /ɨʃˈtɾɛ.lɐ/).
Estrela is Portuguese in Origin.
The baby name Estrela is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced pt-BR: es-TREH-lah (IPA: /esˈtɾɛ.la/); pt-PT: ish-TREH-luh (IPA: /ɨʃˈtɾɛ.lɐ/).
Estrela is Portuguese in Origin.
Estrela is a Portuguese and Galician feminine name meaning “star,” taken directly from the everyday word estrela, itself from Latin stella via Iberian Romance (compare Spanish estrella). It appears in Portugal, Brazil, and Galicia, its luminous imagery tied to guidance and hope. The cult title Nossa Senhora da Estrela (“Our Lady of the Star,” related to Stella Maris) gave the word devotional resonance in medieval Iberia, though Estrela as a given name remained comparatively rare until sporadic modern adoption and a modest 21st‑century revival alongside other nature and word names.
Close variants and cognates include Spanish/Catalan Estrella, Portuguese/Spanish Estela (sometimes used as a parallel given name), French Estelle, Italian/International Stella, and English/Italian Estella. Diminutive forms in Portuguese include Estrelinha; brief nicknames such as Ela also occur. Related meaning‑mates across languages include Basque Izar and Occitan Estela/Estèla, all carrying the same celestial sense.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AO | 0 | #73 | 5 | 2,729 | |
| GE | Girls | 0 | #108 | 1 | 1,564 |
| PH | 0 | #110 | 1 | 5,607 | |
| MU | 0 | #135 | 3 | 3,613 | |
| AO | Girls | 0 | #156 | 54 | 4,575 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #185 | 6 | 4,850 |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #219 | 2 | 4,970 |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #225 | 3 | 4,141 |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #230 | 13 | 5,568 |
| PT | 0 | #245 | 6 | 4,161 | |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #248 | 4 | 6,592 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #248 | 248 | 7,952 |
| GR | Girls | 0 | #249 | 1 | 6,293 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #260 | 4 | 7,056 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #292 | 60 | 8,539 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 5,122 |
| GT | 0 | #338 | 1 | 5,948 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #347 | 21 | 7,951 |
| BR | 0 | #352 | 9 | 5,969 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #359 | 1 | 8,829 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #368 | 2 | 8,477 |
| France | Girls | 2019 | #409 | 3 | 3,279 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #523 | 1 | 11,913 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #554 | 7 | 11,671 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #630 | 1 | 8,289 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #651 | 1 | 9,488 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #712 | 40 | 12,213 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #767 | 176 | 12,708 |
| TN | 0 | #864 | 2 | 13,765 | |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #913 | 3 | 14,098 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #968 | 16 | 5,561 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 2 | 14,861 |
| MA | 0 | #1,109 | 20 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,129 | 13 | 25,928 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,150 | 3 | 16,140 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,163 | 14 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,261 | 7 | 17,781 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,270 | 3 | 25,619 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,422 | 25 | 9,415 |
Estrela is popular in 35 countries — most recent births per country:
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