Estelle
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from French. Borrowed from French Estelle, from Occitan estela (“star”), from Latin stēlla. Doublet of étoile, estoile, stella, and stelo. Name of a third century martyr.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Estelle (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Estelle has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | 14 |
| 2000 | 12 |
| 2001 | 17 |
| 2002 | 25 |
| 2003 | 20 |
| 2004 | 29 |
| 2005 | 39 |
| 2006 | 39 |
| 2007 | 33 |
| 2008 | 41 |
| 2009 | 38 |
| 2010 | 53 |
| 2011 | 64 |
| 2012 | 55 |
| 2013 | 33 |
| 2014 | 45 |
| 2015 | 43 |
| 2016 | 70 |
| 2017 | 75 |
| 2018 | 73 |
| 2019 | 76 |
| 2020 | 75 |
| 2021 | 96 |
| 2022 | 74 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 182 |
| 2000 | 190 |
| 2001 | 210 |
| 2002 | 235 |
| 2003 | 260 |
| 2004 | 290 |
| 2005 | 326 |
| 2006 | 366 |
| 2007 | 396 |
| 2008 | 440 |
| 2009 | 486 |
| 2010 | 539 |
| 2011 | 604 |
| 2012 | 663 |
| 2013 | 700 |
| 2014 | 744 |
| 2015 | 792 |
| 2016 | 859 |
| 2017 | 940 |
| 2018 | 1,018 |
| 2019 | 1,096 |
| 2020 | 1,169 |
Estelle in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Estelle.Hi! My name is Estelle.
- Estelle ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Estelle called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Estelle har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Estelle has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Estelles mamma är lärare.Estelle's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Estelles mamma is Estelle's mum.
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Questions about Estelle
How do you pronounce Estelle in Swedish?
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What does the name Estelle mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from French. Borrowed from French Estelle, from Occitan estela (“star”), from Latin stēlla. Doublet of étoile, estoile, stella, and stelo. Name of a third century martyr.
How popular is Estelle in Sweden?
74 babies were named Estelle in 2022. In 2020, 1,169 people in Sweden had Estelle as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2021 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.