Stellah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- STEL-a
- Origin
- Latin
Stellah is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “star”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Stellah mean?
Latin: spelling of Stella
“star”
Latin for star; Sir Philip Sidney's sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella helped make it an English name.
Meaning borrowed from Stella. More on Wiktionary.
Is Stellah a girl's or a boy's name?
Stellah is a girls' name.
How popular is Stellah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Stellah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Stellah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
Names like Stellah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luna Sylvie Isla Harlow Bennett Selah Solene Miller Oakley Collins Saylor Harper
Names related to Stellah
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Stellah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/stellah, updated 20 October 2026.