Stellan? Masculine?

[december2020]

We're currently really liking the name Stellan. While it has "Stella" within the name, it still 'reads' masculine to me.

But I wasn't sure if it was just me!
Would you see this as a male name or "Stella with an n"?

If it is useful as context, I'm Scandi and DH is British.

That appears masculine to me. Same as names like kellan etc.

It’s lovely and obviously masculine.

Makes me think of Stellan Skarsgaard.

I'm not familiar with the name but it sounds like a boys name to me.

No, I'd think of Stellan Skarsgård. Feels very masculine to me!

Besides, many girl/boy names just have one letter difference; think Frances/Francis, Andrea/Andreas, Olive/Oliver, etc.

Stellan is a great name.

Love this name! Also think of Skarsgard.

Extremely masculine, and rather fantastic! Great choice.

It's a male name the name meaning says it's a swedish masculine name, call her stella.

It's a very masculine name to me. I really like it.

Are you having a girl ?

@Mrsjayy we don't know. But this would be our boy name choice 🙂

Aww thank you everyone! It's really helping me have confidence in the boys name we like. I had a small panic that it could end up with some ridicule in schools but it feels like it is a solid boys name.

Very good point @elfran ! Definitely solidifies that Stellan is right for us!

God sorry not enough coffee this morning totally misread Stellan is a lovely boys name.

Stellan is fab. Makes me think of a scandi fisherman or lumberjack with a big beard, so very masculine

@Mrsjayy reading back my original post I clearly didn't have enough coffee either as it didn't state anywhere it would be our boys name pick 😂

@Mrsfrumble I love it!!!

I love Stellan!

Entirely masculine to me. It's one of my favourite names

Oh yes, Stellan Skarsgard.

Please excuse the drool on my screen.

Definitely masculine. A lovely strong name.

Awww this makes me so happy!
And it's the first unison love and agreement for a name I've seen! Thank you everyone!

Stellan will definitely be top of the list!

I like it too!

Definitely a boys name. I like it too.

To me it's a gorgeous, strong masculine name.

Gosh! What a great name

I know a Stellan and the Stella connection never occurred to me. It’s definitely a masculine name.

Yeah fab name, might use it myself 😂 (for my baby - not for me - that would be strange)

I would totally see this as a male name.