Estelle
Meaning of Estelle
Estelle is a little slice of Parisian night sky—a name that comes from the Old French form of the Latin “stella,” meaning “star,” and it still glows with that same celestial sparkle. Pronounced es-TEL, it carries a refined French lilt yet feels perfectly at home on an American playground, like a silk scarf tossed over a jean jacket. History shows Estelle shining brightly in the early 1900s, dipping into vintage obscurity, and now climbing again—proof that a true star only needs time to catch a second wind. Pop-culture fans may picture Estelle Getty cracking jokes on The Golden Girls or British-American singer Estelle belting out “American Boy,” adding an upbeat soundtrack to the name’s charm. With its built-in wish upon a star and a dash of old-world elegance, Estelle offers parents a timeless way to give their daughter a guiding light right in her passport.
Pronunciation
French
- Pronunced as es-TEL (/ɛs.tɛl/)
English
- Pronunced as es-TEL (/ɛsˈtɛl/)
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Notable People Named Estelle
| Estelle is a British rapper, singer, and songwriter renowned for blending genres like R&B, soul, and hip-hop and collaborating with artists such as Kanye West and Chris Brown. |
| Estelle Getty was an American actress and comedian best known for her Emmy and Golden Globe-winning role as Sophia Petrillo on "The Golden Girls." |
| Estelle Parsons is an American actress. |
| Estelle Winwood was an English actress who gained fame in the US for her wit and long career in film and television, working into her nineties. |
| Estelle Morris is a British Labour peer who served as Education Secretary and was the MP for Birmingham Yardley. |
| Estelle Harris was an American actress and comedian best known for playing Estelle Costanza on Seinfeld and voicing Mrs. Potato Head in the Toy Story films. |
| Estelle Brody was an American actress who soared to stardom in British silent films during the 1920s, saw her career decline due to missteps, and later returned in smaller film and TV roles from the late 1940s through the 1960s. |
| Estelle Bennett was an American singer and a member of the Ronettes, a girl group that included her sister Ronnie and cousin Nedra Talley. |
| Estelle Axton was an American record executive who co-founded Stax Records with her brother Jim Stewart. |
| Estelle Lefébure is a French actress and model who was a top fashion model in the 1980s and 1990s. |
| Estelle Reiner was an American actress and singer who served as the matriarch of the prominent Reiner comedy family, being Carl Reiner's wife and Rob Reiner's mother. |
| Estelle May Hurll, a student of aesthetics, wrote popular art analyses in the early twentieth century. |
| Estelle Balet was a Swiss freeride snowboarder and two-time world champion who died in an avalanche in 2016 at the age of 21. |
| Estelle Richman - Estelle B. Richman is a former Pennsylvania public welfare secretary who now serves as chair of the Center for Health Care Strategies. |
| Estelle Sapir, a Holocaust survivor, successfully fought Swiss bank Credit Suisse for decades to reclaim her family's money deposited by her father before his murder in a Nazi camp. |
