Stella is a female given name. It is derived from the

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word for ''

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''. It has been in use in

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since it was first used by

Philip Sidney Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

in '' Astrophel and Stella'', his 1580s

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. Use might also have increased due to '' Stella Maris'' as a title for the

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Catholics The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

. Alternately, it is a feminine version of the

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

name ''

Stylianos Stylianos of Paphlagonia (Latin: ''Stylianus'', Greek: ''Στυλιανός'', English: ''Stylian''), also known as Stylianos the Hermit, is venerated as a saint from Adrianopolis in the province of Paphlagonia (modern Turkey). Life Stylian ...

'', meaning ''

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Popularity

Stella is a well-used name in recent years, among the most popular names for newborn girls in Australia,

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. Th ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...

, Sweden, Switzerland,

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, and

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

List of people with the given name Stella

Arts and entertainment

Stella Stella or STELLA may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Comedy *Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain Characters * Stella (given name), including a list of characters with t ...

, stage name of Stella Huang, singer-actress * Stella Abrera, Filipino-American ballet dancer *

Stella Adler Stella Adler (February 10, 1901 – December 21, 1992) was an American actress and acting teacher.
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Stella Arbenina Stella Arbenina, Baroness Meyendorff (Стелла Арбенина) (27 September 1884 – 26 April 1976) was a Russian-born English actress. She was born Stella Zoe Whishaw in St. Petersburg tRobert Cattley Whishaw and Mary (née Gisiko) Her ...

, Russian-born actress * Stella Bennett or Benee (born 2000), New Zealand singer-songwriter *

Stella Benson Stella Benson (6 January 1892 – 7 December 1933) was an English feminist, novelist, poet, and travel writer. She was a recipient of the Benson Medal. Early life Benson was born to Ralph Beaumont Benson (1862–1911), a member of the landed ...

, English feminist, travel writer, and novelist *

Stella Blandy Stella Blandy (née Boué; 24 December 1836 - 18 April 1925) was a French writer and a committed feminist. A contributor to the literary journals ''Revue contemporaine'' and ''Revue des deux mondes'', she wrote novels and essays, and also translate ...

(1836-1925), French woman of letters, feminist *

Stella Bowen Esther Gwendolyn "Stella" Bowen (1893–1947) was an Australian artist and writer. Early career Bowen was born in North Adelaide, an inner suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, and educated at Tormore House School. As a young girl, Bowen enjo ...

, Australian artist *

Stella Brennan Stella Brennan (born 1974) is a New Zealand artist, curator, and essayist. Background Brennan was born in 1974, in Auckland, New Zealand. She graduated from the University of Auckland with an MFA in 1999. She currently lives in Auckland. ...

(born 1974), New Zealand artist, curator, and essayist *

Stella Chitty Stella Chitty (11 March 1928 – 17 June 2005) was a British stage manager. In her 47-year career with the Royal Opera House, she rose to become the general stage manager. Stella Chitty was born in Brixton Brixton is a district in sout ...

(1928–2005), British stage manager *

Stella Chiweshe Stella Chiweshe (also Stella Rambisai Chiweshe, Stella Rambisai Chiweshe Nekati, Mbuya Stella Chiweshe, or Stella Nekati Chiweshe; 8 July 1946 – 20 January 2023) was a Zimbabwean musician. She was known internationally for her singing and pla ...

, Zimbabwean musician * Stella Ciarlantini, American actress and writer * Stella Corkery, New Zealand artist and musician *

Stella Dadzie Stella Dadzie (born in 1952, London) is a British educationalist, activist, writer and historian. She is best known for her involvement in the UK's Black Women's Movement, being a founding member of the Organisation of Women of African and Asia ...

(born 1952), British writer, historian, educationalist and activist *

Stella Feehily Stella Anne Feehily (born 1969, London) is an Irish playwright and actor. Her plays include ''Game'' (2003), which was produced by Fishamble Theatre company, Dublin, and was published in an anthology of first plays by New Island. She is the au ...

, London-born Irish playwright and actress *

Stella Keitel Harvey Keitel ( ; born May 13, 1939) is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of morally ambiguous and "tough guy" characters. He first rose to prominence during the New Hollywood movement, and has held a long-running association wit ...

, American actress *

Stella Kon Stella Kon (''née'' Lim Sing Po, born 1944) is a Singaporean playwright. She is best known for her play, ''Emily of Emerald Hill'', which has been staged internationally. She is a recipient of the S.E.A. Write Award. Biography Kon was born i ...

(born 1944), Singaporean playwright * Stella Weiner Kriegshaber (1879–1966), American pianist * Stella LeSaint (1881–1948), American silent film actress *

Stella Linden Stella Linden (born Stella Maris Marsden on 5 June 1919 - 23 January 2005) was an actress,stage director, author and script/screenwriter, best known for mentoring playwright John Osborne and for writing the film '' Two a Penny''. She was the wife ...

, actress and writer *

Stella Maessen Stella Maessen (born 6 August 1953 in Zandvoort, North Holland) is a Dutch singer, best known for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contests of 1970, 1977 and 1982. Hearts of Soul In 1969 Maessen and her older sisters Patricia and Bi ...

, Dutch singer *

Stella Maeve Stella Maeve Johnston is an American film and television actress. Highlights include a starring role in ''The Runaways'' (2010), a two-season recurring role in NBC television's '' Chicago P.D.'', and a main role in SyFy television's '' The Mag ...

, American actress * Stella Malucchi (born 1977), Thai model and actress *

Stella March Stella March was pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place ...

, pen name of a British romance novelist *

Stella Maxwell Stella Maynes Maxwell (born 15 May 1990) is a fashion model. She is a former Victoria's Secret Angel, and is also the face of the cosmetics brand Max Factor. Early life Maxwell was born in Brussels, Belgium, to Northern Irish parents, Stella Ma ...

, Northern Irish model *

Stella Meghie Stella Meghie is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. She is known for her feature films '' Jean of the Joneses'' (2016), '' Everything, Everything'' (2017)'', The Weekend'' (2018), and '' The Photograph'' (2020). Meghie has also directed ...

, Canadian film director and screenwriter *

Stella Moray Stella Moray (29 July 1923 – 6 August 2006) was an English character actress who appeared on stage, film and television in dramas, comedies and soap operas. She seldom headlined on stage but was a stalwart stand-in and understudy, and when s ...

, English actress *

Stella Mwangi Stella Nyambura Mwangi (born 1 September 1986) is a Kenyan-Norwegian singer, rapper and songwriter. Much of her music concerns the situation in her home country Kenya, and discrimination her family had to endure after moving to Norway in 1991. ...

, Norwegian-Kenyan singer *

Stella Nickell Stella Maudine Nickell (née Stephenson; born August 7, 1943) is an American woman who was sentenced to ninety years in prison for product tampering after she poisoned Excedrin capsules with lethal cyanide, resulting in the deaths of her husband ...

, an American serial killer *

Stella Parton Stella Mae Parton (born May 4, 1949) is an American country singer and songwriter widely known for a series of country singles that charted during the mid-to-late-1970s, her biggest hit being "I Want to Hold You in My Dreams Tonight" in 1975. Sh ...

, American country music singer/songwriter, sister of Dolly Parton * Stella Pevsner, author of children's books * Stella Reid, co-star of the Fox network reality television show ''Nanny 911'' *

Stella Richman Stella Richman (9 November 1922 – 24 May 2002) was a British television producer. Biography Originally an actress—she had a bit part in the second episode of ''The Quatermass Experiment'' in 1953—Richman was appointed as a script editor o ...

, British television producer * Stella Roman, Romanian operatic soprano *

Stella Seah Stella Seah (born Seah Hui Xian; 28 October 1992) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter currently signed under Ocean Butterflies Music. She was discovered after winning Starhub's first reality singing contest, ''Academy Fantasia'' in 2012. She w ...

(born 1992), Singaporean singer-songwriter *

Stella Soleil Stella Katsoudas (born November 3, 1971) is a Greek-American pop and rock singer better known for stage names Stella Soleil and Sister Soleil as well as having been frontwoman for Dirty Little Rabbits. Katsoudas most recently released the 2015 ...

, American pop and rock singer *

Stella Stevens Stella Stevens (born Estelle Eggleston; October 1, 1938) is a American former actress. She began her acting career in 1959 and starred in such popular films as ''Girls! Girls! Girls!'' (1962), '' The Nutty Professor'' (1963), '' The Courtship of ...

(born Estelle Eggleston), American model and actress *

Stella Steyn Stella Steyn (26 December 1907 – 21 July 1987) was an Irish artist. Life and career Steyn was born in Dublin in 1907 to William Steyn (a dentist) and Bertha Jaffe, who met and married in Limerick, having moved to Ireland from Akmenė, Lithu ...

, Irish artist *

Stella Stocker Stella Prince Stocker (3 April 1858 – 29 March 1925) was an American composer, choral conductor, and early ethnomusicologist of Ojibwe traditions. Life and career Stella Prince was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, to parents Dr. David and Lucy M ...

, American composer and choral conductor *

Stella Stratigou Stella Stratigou ( el, Στέλλα Στρατηγού; 1931 – 9 October 2005) was a Greek actress. She played in theatre and films. She died on 9 October 2005. She was the sister of Stefanos, Aleka Aari Arujunan, known by the mononym Aa ...

, Greek actress *

Stella Vander Stella Vander (born Stella Zelcer, also known as Stella; 12 December 1950) is a French singer and musician. Early years Born in Paris into a family of Polish immigrants, she began writing music in the early sixties together with her uncle Maurice ...

, French singer and musician *

Stella Vine Stella Vine (born Melissa Jane Robson, 1969) is an English artist, who lives and works in London. Her work is figurative painting, with subjects drawn from personal life, as well as from rock stars, royalty, and other celebrities. In 2001, she ...

, English artist

Sports

* Stella Ashcroft (born 2002), gymnast from New Zealand *

Stella Barsosio Stella Barsosio (born 12 March 1993) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. In 2021, she won the Rotterdam Marathon. On 6 February 2023, it was announced that Barsosio had been banned for two years by Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya after testing positi ...

, Kenyan long-distance runner * Stella Boumi, Greek swimmer * Stella Heiß, German curler *

Stella de Heij Stella de Heij (born 17 January 1968 in Driehuis) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who played eighteen international matches for her national team. De Heij was a member of the Dutch Women's Team that, under the guidance ...

, Dutch field hockey goalkeeper * Stela Posavec, Croatian handball player * Stella Pilatou, Greek long jumper * Stella Tsikouna, Greek discus thrower * Stella Zakharova, Olympic gymnast for the former Soviet Union

Politics

* Stella Ambler, Canadian politician *

Stella Creasy Stella Judith Creasy (born 5 April 1977) is a British Labour and Co-operative politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for the London constituency of Walthamstow since 2010. She served in the frontbench teams of Ed Miliband and Harriet ...

, British Member of Parliament * Stella Dupont, French Member of Parliament *

Stella Garza-Hicks Stella Garza-Hicks (born 1953) is a former United States Republican Party, Republican legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. A former cosmetologist and salesperson, Garza-Hicks became active in Republican Party activism in Colorado Springs, ...

, former Republican legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado *

Stella Goldschlag Stella Ingrid Goldschlag, also known as Stella Kübler-Isaacksohn and Stella Kübler (10 July 1922 – 26 October 1994) was a German Jewish woman who collaborated with the Gestapo during World War II, operating around Berlin exposing and deno ...

(1922–1994), German Jewish woman who collaborated with the Gestapo during World War II, exposing and denouncing Berlin's underground Jews. *

Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading, Baroness Swanborough, GBE (6 January 1894 – 22 May 1971), née Stella Charnaud, was an English philanthropist who is best remembered as the founder and chairman of the Women's Voluntary Service (WVS), no ...

, British political and military figure *

Stella Jantuan Stella or STELLA may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Comedy *Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain Characters * Stella (given name), including a list of characters with t ...

, Moldovan politician *

Stella Levy Stella Levy ( he, סטלה לוי, 1924 – 19 July 1999) was an Israeli soldier and politician. Biography Born in Mandatory Syria, Syria in 1924, Levy made aliyah to Mandatory Palestine in 1929. She attended the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa, an ...

, Israeli soldier and politician * Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi, Nigerian Minister of Aviation *

Stella Omu Stella Unuezi Omu (born 22 December 1946) is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator on the People's Democratic Party (PDP) platform in 1999 for the Delta South Senatorial District of Delta State. Background Omu is of Isoko origin. Sh ...

, Nigerian politician *

Stella Sigcau Princess Stella Sigcau (4 or 14 January 1937 in Lusikisiki – 7 May 2006 in Durban) was a Minister in the South African Government. Sigcau was also the first female Prime Minister of the bantustan of Transkei before being deposed in a mili ...

, Minister in the South African government and first female Prime Minister of the Transkei

Other

* Stella Baruk, Iranian-born French teacher, mathematician, author and educationalist *

Stella Cunliffe Stella Vivian Cunliffe (12 January 1917 – 20 January 2012) was a British statistician. She was the first female president of the Royal Statistical Society. Education and early career Cunliffe was educated at Parsons Mead School, Ashtead, Sur ...

, British statistician * Stella Immanuel, Cameroonian-American physician, author, and pastor *

Stella Koutros Stella or STELLA may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Comedy *Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain Characters * Stella (given name), including a list of characters with t ...

, American cancer epidemiologist * Stella Liebeck, American plaintiff in the "McDonald's coffee case". *

Stella Manzie Dame Stella Gordon Manzie (born 13 June 1960) is a British public servant. Early life Manzie was born on 13 June 1960 to senior civil servant Gordon Manzie and Rosalind Manzie. She was educated at Hertfordshire and Essex Girls' High Scho ...

, British public servant and civil servant *

Stella Márquez María Stella Márquez—Araneta (born 17 June 1937) (née Márquez Zawadski), often styled as Madame Stella Márquez de Araneta, is a Colombian pageant director and beauty queen. She grew up in New York City then later migrated to Colombia, whe ...

, former Colombian beauty queen and first Miss International *

Stella Mary Newton Stella Mary Newton , née Pearce (17 April 1901, London – 18 May 2001, London) was an English fashion designer and dress historian, who brought the history of fashion to bear on art history and the dating of paintings. Stella Mary Pearce was t ...

, English fashion designer and dress historian *

Stella Mason Stella Mason (née Manuel; born c. 1901 – died April 30, 1918) was a Muscogee/Creek freedman, whose guardians and lawyers plundered her oil rich estate in Oklahoma. Her court case was published in newspapers and later was the subject of a public ...

(?–1918),

Muscogee The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy ( in the Muscogee language), are a group of related indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands, indigenous (Native American) peoples of the Southe ...

/Creek

freedman A freedman or freedwoman is a formerly enslaved person who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means. Historically, enslaved people were freed by manumission (granted freedom by their captor-owners), emancipation (granted freedom ...

, subject to a known lawsuit over an estate *

, Northern Irish fashion model *

Stella McCartney Stella Nina McCartney (born 13 September 1971) is an English fashion designer. She is a daughter of British singer-songwriter Paul McCartney and the late American photographer and animals rights activist Linda McCartney. Like her parents, McCar ...

, British fashion designer *

, American murderer *

Stella Obasanjo Stella Obasanjo (14 November 1945 – 23 October 2005) was the First Lady of Nigeria from 1999 until her death. She was the wife of former president Olusegun Obasanjo, although she was not the First Lady in 1976, when Obasanjo was military head ...

, former First Lady of Nigeria * Stella Rimington, British author and Director General of MI5 *

Stella Ross-Craig Stella Ross-Craig (19 March 1906 – 6 February 2006) was an English illustrator best known as a prolific illustrator of native flora. Early life and education Ross-Craig was born in Aldershot in 1906; her parents were Scottish and her fath ...

, British botanic illustrator * Stella Hackel Sims, Director of the United States Mint from 1977 to 1981 *

Stella Tennant Stella Tennant (17 December 1970 – 22 December 2020) was a British model and fashion designer, who rose to fame in the early 1990s and had a career that spanned almost 30 years. From an unconventional aristocratic family, she worked with Helm ...

(1970–2020), Scottish model *

Stella Tillyard Stella Tillyard FRSL (born 1957) is an English author and historian, educated at Oxford and Harvard Universities and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. In 1999 her bestselling book ''Aristocrats'' was made into a six-part series fo ...

, British author and historian

Fictional characters

* Stella (''Winx Club''), one of the main characters of ''

Winx Club ''Winx Club'' is an animated series co-produced by Rainbow SpA and later Nickelodeon. It was created by Italian animator Iginio Straffi. The show is set in a magical universe that is inhabited by fairies, witches, and other mythical creatures. ...

'' *

a female snow goose who is Boris' girlfriend and appears in ''Balto III: Wings of Change'' *Stella, female protagonist of an anime movie '' Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem'' * Stella Bonasera, character in ''CSI: NY'' *Stella Bonnaro, character in ''Cowboy Bebop'' *

Stella Chernak Stella Chernak is a fictional character on the television drama '' Peyton Place''. She was portrayed in over 60 episodes by Lee Grant, between 1965 and 1966. Character history Stella Chernak grew up in the poor part of Peyton Place and was the fa ...

, character in the TV drama ''Peyton Place'' *Stella the Storyteller, fictional character from the TV series ''

Barney & Friends ''Barney & Friends'' is an American children's television series targeted at young children aged 2–7, created by Sheryl Leach. The series premiered on PBS on April 6, 1992. The series features the title character Barney, a purple anthropomo ...

'' *

Stella Crawford Stella Crawford is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'', played by Sophie Thompson from 7 September 2006 to 23 July 2007. The character's story arc revolves on her relationship with established character Phil Mitchel ...

, character in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' *

Stella Kowalski Stella Kowalski (née DuBois) is one of the main characters in Tennessee Williams' play ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. She is the younger sister of central character Blanche DuBois and wife of Stanley Kowalski. In the play The play begins when Bl ...

, character in the play ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' * Stella Loussier, character in the anime ''Gundam SEED Destiny'' *

Stella Malone Stella or STELLA may refer to: Art, entertainment, and media Comedy *Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain Characters *Stella (given name), including a list of characters with th ...

, character in the Disney Channel series ''Jonas'' * Stella Mann (television character), character in the German soap opera ''Verbotene Liebe'' (''Forbidden Love'') *Stella Maynard, character in ''Anne of the Island'' *Stella Moon, character in the Scottish BBC drama TV series '' Monarch of the Glen'' *Stella Morris, title character of

Sky One Sky One was a British pay television channel operated and owned by Sky Group (a division of Comcast). Originally launched on 26 April 1982 as Satellite Television, it was Europe's first satellite and non- terrestrial channel. From 31 July 1 ...

series ''

'' *Stella Mudd, wife of Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd. from ''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vario ...

'' "

I, Mudd "I, Mudd" is the eighth episode of the second season of the American science fiction television series ''Star Trek''. Written by Stephen Kandel (based on a story by Gene Roddenberry) and directed by Marc Daniels, it was first broadcast on Novem ...

" *

Stella Price Stella Price is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'', played by Michelle Collins. Collins' casting was announced in April 2011 and she began filming her scenes in May. The actress commuted from north Lond ...

, character in the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'' *Stella Vermillion, a mage knight from ''

Chivalry of a Failed Knight is a Japanese light novel series written by Riku Misora and illustrated by Won. The story is set in a fantasy world where the titular "failed knight" Ikki Kurogane meets Stella Vermillion, who is considered a prodigy. The two make up for ...

'' *Stella Zhau, from the American animated series ''

The Loud House ''The Loud House'' is an American animated television series created by Chris Savino that premiered on Nickelodeon on May 2, 2016. The series revolves around the chaotic everyday life of a boy named Lincoln Loud, who is the middle child and only ...

''. *Stella, the ideal woman in the work of Norwegian poet

Henrik Wergeland Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland (17 June 1808 – 12 July 1845) was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist. He is often described as a leading pioneer in the develo ...

*Stella is the name of the Glinda analogue in '' The Wizard of the Emerald City'' series by Alexander Volkov *Stella, a female Galah in the '' Angry Birds (franchise)'' series including the spin-off ''

Angry Birds Stella ''Angry Birds Stella'', also known as ''Angry Birds Slingshot Stella'', is a puzzle video game and the second spin-off from the '' Angry Birds'' series, developed by Rovio Entertainment. The game was marketed to females by using characters that ...

'' *Stella Klauser, a non-playable character in ''

Final Fantasy V is a fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1992. It is the fifth main installment of the ''Final Fantasy'' series. The game first appeared only in Japan on Nintendo's Super Famicom (known internationally as the S ...

'' *Queen Stella, a non-playable character in ''

Final Fantasy IX is a 2000 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console. It is the ninth game in the main ''Final Fantasy'' series. The plot focuses on a war between nations in a medieval fantasy world called ...

'' *Stella, a non-playable character in '' Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon'' *Stella, a supporting character in ''

Totally Spies! ''Totally Spies!'' is an animated spy-fi series created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel mainly produced by French animation company Marathon Media and French broadcaster TF1, with seasons 3 to 5 being co-produced with Canadian com ...

'' in which she is the mother of super spy

Clover Clover or trefoil are common names for plants of the genus ''Trifolium'' (from Latin ''tres'' 'three' + ''folium'' 'leaf'), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume or pea family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus h ...

*Stella, a character in the 2006 film ''Over the Hedge'' *Stella, one of the main characters in the series '' Trulli Tales'' *Stella the Star Fairy, a character from the ''

Rainbow Magic ''Rainbow Magic'' is a British children's fiction brand originally created by Working Partners and now owned by IoM Media Ventures. It is best known for the children's books published by Orchard Books. The books are ghostwritten by a number o ...

'' book franchise *Stella Graybur, a character in ''

Poppy Playtime ''Poppy Playtime'' is an episodic horror video game developed and published by American indie developer Mob Entertainment. The player takes the role of a former employee of toy-making company Playtime Co., who revisits its abandoned toy factory ...

Name day

* ''

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...

'': 14 July * ''

Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...

'': 25 December * ''

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Mac ...

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