Estelle
[ɛsˈtɛl]Meaning
from an Old French name meaning "star", ultimately from Latin stella
Background Story
Estelle comes from an Old French name meaning "star", ultimately derived from Latin stella. It was rare in the English-speaking world in the Middle Ages, but was revived in the 19th century, perhaps due to the character Estella Havisham in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations (1860). The name is used in Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak and Spanish.
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