Stella

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Finnish
Norwegian
Icelandic

Origin and Meaning

Latin stella = 'star' ^[1]

Related Names

Stella	♀

See also Estelle, Stellan

Name Days

Finland (Swedish Language)

16 October

Sweden

15 August

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Finland: 1857 ^[1]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[2]		3322	4175	0	0
Denmark[3]		1276	n.a.	0	n.a
Norway[4]		300	545	0	0
Finland[5]		n.a.	1327	n.a	2
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[2][3][4][5]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[4]:

Sources: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
3. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi