Opinions on the name Stella?

[Jaceyishere]

Do you like it, do you think it's dated and do you know any? Thanks. I love the meaning Star which is why I like it!

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I like Stella. I dislike Seren as it is just a word for star in another language.

I associate with "a street car named desire" and I consider Stella to be a rather weak character who chooses her violent husband over her poor mentally ill sister.

The Simpsons did a parody with Flanders screaming STELLAAAAAA up at the window. I don't think I like either association. Or the beer.

I like it. I had an older (foreign) relative called Estella so put Stella on our list of girls' names. My husband ruled it out though because of the strong association with the lager.

I love it. Very cool and classy IMHO. Stella Artois connection has never come to mind with the Stella's I've met.

Lovely

I love it. My auntie is called Stella. I also like Estella and Seren.

Love it. My clever, beautiful, funny teenage niece is called Stella, Lala as a childhood nickname. The larger comments dried up after about 2 weeks.

I think Stella is a beautiful name. It rolls off the tongue and I generally love names with 'ella' in them :)

I absolutely love the name Stella, beautiful, timeless, and with a lovely meaning of 'Star'.

Noncommittal Brighton?

DD is Estelle nn Stella. I was aware of the Stella Artois association but decided it didn't matter.

Excellent name. Love it.

I like it as a nickname for Estelle/Estella. It doesn't make me think of lager either.

I really like it. I've known three, of three different ages (80s, 60s, 30s).

I'd definitely consider it for a baby if it went with our surname, which it doesn't.

I don't think it's associated particularly strongly with a certain class or age.

I think it's lovely. It wouldn't make me think of lager...unless you gave your daughter the middle name Artois.

She will be plagued by people shouting "Stellaaaaa" a la streetcar, each of them thinking they are the first person to make that particular joke.

otherwise it is a nice name - translates well across different cultures/countries too.

It's OK, depending on what your surname is. I know a Stella (40s) whose surname is Peace. Which I think is a bit much.

I prefer Tara, which I believe also means 'star'

The supermodel Stella Maxwell doesn't mind it, she's very pretty.

I like Estella or Estelle a bit more though

I love it. I think of Stella McCartney before the Larger

Most names will have some relation to something we don't like. I wouldn't let that spoil a name choice.

Beautiful. I have a Stella. It's classical - apart from being Latin for star, it features in Philip Sidney's Astrophil and Stella sonnet sequence from 1591 and was the name of Jonathan Swift's beloved in the early 1700s. Or the lovely jazz standard Stella By Starlight. Those who think of cheap beer or chavviness haven't a clue

I love it and all the Estelle, Estella, Estrella variations. I also love Seren

Ilseburnley we clearly both have good taste - I also thought of the Sidney when I named DD. I was aware of the lager connection, but also of Stella McCartney, Stella Rimington (ex head of MI5) and a very cool, edgy and quite posh girl I went to school with. Only one person has ever done the Streetcar "Stellaaa" ala Marlon Brando: my Dad, on the labour ward I love how international the name is too - Italians, Greeks and French people have claimed her as their own, but I've also been told it's a "proper old fashioned English name". Go for it OP.

I love it! It's my middle name. Funnily enough, I grew up on a council estate but I was given the name as a tribute to my lovely Polish grandmother (Stanislawa) as opposed to my parent's obvious love of lager.

Yes, yes, yes! It's the top of my list for any future girl.

Artwar.
I Can't spell it, sorry.
I Can drink it though