MEANING & HISTORY
What does Estrella mean?
Estrella is the Spanish word for star used as a personal name. The Spanish dictionary connects it with the English name Stella, while the Cebuano account documents its borrowing as a given name.
That establishes both its ordinary lexical image and a route into Philippine naming. The name does not require an invented phrase such as heavenly princess to make its sense complete. Estrella and Stella share the celestial image while remaining distinct language forms.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Cebuano
- /ʔesˈtɾelja/
- [ʔes̪ˈt̪ɾ̪il̪.jɐ]
Es · tre · lla3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Spanish
- /esˈtɾeʝa/
- [esˈt̪ɾe.ʝa]
- /esˈtɾeʎa/
- [esˈt̪ɾe.ʎa]
- /esˈtɾeʃa/
- [esˈt̪ɾe.ʃa]
- /esˈtɾeʒa/
- [esˈt̪ɾe.ʒa]
- /esˈtɾea/
- [esˈt̪ɾe.a]
Es · tre · lla3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
a female given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Estrella (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
From estrella (“star”).
a female given name, equivalent to English Stella
Wiktionary: Estrella (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Estrella
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Estrella Alfon
Filipino author
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
13
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Estrella Alfon, Estrella Perez
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Estrella in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Estrella
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Estela·Star; Spanish and Portuguese form of Estelle
- Estrellita♀Spanish familiar form of Estrella: little star
- Stella♀Star in Latin
- Isabella♀My God is an oath; Isabel-family form
- Ariella♀Feminine of Ariel: lion of God
- Bella♀Beautiful; also a short form of Isabella
- Daniella♀Feminine form of Daniel; God is my judge
- Ella♀Short form associated with Eleanor, Ellen and -ella names
What rhymes with Estrella?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Names with a similar written ending
Spelling suggestions; these are not verified phonetic rhymes.
Explore Estrella further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q21401483 — Estrella (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Estrella Alfon (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q21401483 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Estrella Perez (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q21401483 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Estrella (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Estrella (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- RAE/ASALE — Diccionario de la lengua española: Estrella (opens in a new tab)
Spanish star word and Latin stella; lexical meaning only, not given-name usage.