Stella

Stella
Pronunciation	Stel-AH
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Latin, Italian
Meaning	Star, Style
Other names
Related names	Stelios, Stellar, Estelle, Estrella, Estella

Stella is the Latin and Italian word for star. <!|

Stella is the female version of the male Greek name Stelios which probably originates from the Greek "stylos", or "styli", or "style".The girl's name Stella \s-tella, st(el)-la\ is pronounced STEL-ah. It is of Latin origin, and its meaning is "star". Mostly literary use until the 19th century, when the name became popular. Linked in most minds to the movie "A Streetcar Named Desire", where Marlon Brando bellowed "Stella!"

People

Surname

Aldo Stella, Italian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier
Antonietta Stella, an Italian soprano
Diego de Estella, a 16th century Spanish theologian and writer
Frank Stella, an American minimalist painter
Gianfranco Stella, Italian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier
Joseph Stella, an American futurist painter
Martina Stella, an Italian actress

Given name

"Stella", nickname of Esther Johnson, English friend of Jonathan Swift
Stella Adler, a North American actress and acting teacher
Stella Liebeck, who sued McDonald's after scalding herself with hot coffee
Stella McCartney, British fashion designer and daughter of Beatles member Paul McCartney
Stella Hudgens, an American actress
Stella Nickell, the "Excedrin murderer"
Stella Obasanjo, First Lady of The Federal Republic of Nigeria
Stella Pilatou, Greek long jumper
Stella Reid, a British nanny known as Nanny Stella on the television show Nanny 911
Stella Soleil, an American singer
Stella Tennant, a British supermodel
Styliani Tsikouna, Greek discus thrower
Stella Vander, French singer

Places

Stella, Italy, a town in Liguria
Stella, Missouri, a village in Newton County, Missouri
Stella, South Africa, a town in the North West Province
Stella-Plage, a seaside resort in northern France
Stella de Marie, a seaside resort on the Red Sea in Ain El Sokhna, Egypt
Stella park, a village in the North East of England

In popular culture

"Stella!", a memorable line from the film A Streetcar Named Desire
Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain
- Stella shorts, a series of short films by the Stella comedy troupe
- Stella (TV series), a half-hour comedy program by the Stella troupe that aired on Comedy Central
Stella Bonnaro, a character from Cowboy Bebop
Stella Loussier, a fictional character from Gundam Seed Destiny
Stella (magazine), Swedish science fiction magazine
Stella (magazine supplement), magazine supplement for the Sunday Telegraph
Stella (Winx Club), a fictional character from the Winx Club animated series
"Stella by Starlight", a known jazz standard

Film

Stella (1943 film), with Zully Moreno (Argentina)
Stella (1950 film), with Ann Sheridan and Victor Mature
Stella (1955 film), directed by Michael Cacoyannis
Stella (1983 film), directed by Laurent Heynemann
Stella (1990 film), starring Bette Midler
Stella (2008 film), starring Seema Biswas

Music

Stella (album), by Swiss electronica band Yello
Stella (band), a Finnish rock/pop band
Stella (singer), a Singaporean-Taiwanese singer
Stella Schindler, an American folk singer-songwriter
"Stella Was a Diver and She Was Always Down", song on Interpol's first album Turn On the Bright Lights
Stella (Rock band), Chicago based rock band active 1991 through 1996. Jack McMahon Guitar & Vocals, Bill Benjamin Bass guitar & Vocals, Dan Benjamin Drums & vocals, Chris Dikzas Guitar. 1994 album release "Busted Knuckles". 1995 release "Grease pencil graffiti".
Stella Neptune, Legendary Washington, DC DJ and Scene Creator
Stella (song), song released by pop/punk band All Time Low from their third studio album Nothing Personal

Novels

Stella written by Jan de Hartog
We Murder Stella, a 1958 novella by Marlen Haushofer

Brands and products

Stella (beer), an Egyptian beer
Stella Artois, a Belgian beer
Stella D'Oro, an American brand of cookies
Stella (bicycles), a French bicycle manufacturer
Stella (yacht), a class of yacht designed in the UK by C.R. (Kim) Holman in 1959
Stella (guitar), a brand of a guitar
Stella (cheese), an Italian brand of cheeses
Stella (scooter), a vintage scooter brand introduced by the Chicago-based Genuine Scooter Company
STELLA (language courses), online language courses
Subaru Stella

Computing

Stella (emulator), multiplatform Atari 2600 game-console emulator.
Stella (software), polyhedra modeling software
Stella (modeling software), mapping, modeling, simulation and analysis software
A time-driven programming environment
The graphics chip of the Atari 2600, named after the CEO's bicycle
The IBM Blue Gene-L supercomputer used with the LOFAR radio telescope project

Other

Stella, a gene expressed by primordial germ cells
Stella Awards, given to people who file ridiculous lawsuits for huge financial gain
Stella, the ideal woman in the poetry of Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet
Stella Power Station, a demolished coal-fired power station near Stella, England
SS Stella, shipwreck
Stella (United States coin), with a face value of four dollars ($4)