Stella
Meaning and origin
From Latin stella. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1857.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Stella (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Stella has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2014. 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 | 28 |
| 1999 | 32 |
| 2000 | 52 |
| 2001 | 57 |
| 2002 | 101 |
| 2003 | 136 |
| 2004 | 167 |
| 2005 | 247 |
| 2006 | 350 |
| 2007 | 378 |
| 2008 | 331 |
| 2009 | 403 |
| 2010 | 413 |
| 2011 | 458 |
| 2012 | 510 |
| 2013 | 499 |
| 2014 | 551 |
| 2015 | 477 |
| 2016 | 493 |
| 2017 | 515 |
| 2018 | 543 |
| 2019 | 461 |
| 2020 | 479 |
| 2021 | 511 |
| 2022 | 482 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 747 |
| 2000 | 787 |
| 2001 | 836 |
| 2002 | 938 |
| 2003 | 1,059 |
| 2004 | 1,209 |
| 2005 | 1,444 |
| 2006 | 1,783 |
| 2007 | 2,160 |
| 2008 | 2,499 |
| 2009 | 2,901 |
| 2010 | 3,322 |
| 2011 | 3,768 |
| 2012 | 4,282 |
| 2013 | 4,790 |
| 2014 | 5,342 |
| 2015 | 5,837 |
| 2016 | 6,339 |
| 2017 | 6,862 |
| 2018 | 7,419 |
| 2019 | 7,886 |
| 2020 | 8,378 |
Stella in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Stella.Hi! My name is Stella.
- Har du träffat Stella? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Stella? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Stella kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Stella is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Stellas mamma är lärare.Stella's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Stellas mamma is Stella's mum.
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Questions about Stella
How do you pronounce Stella in Swedish?
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What does the name Stella mean?
From Latin stella. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1857.
How popular is Stella in Sweden?
482 babies were named Stella in 2022. In 2020, 8,378 people in Sweden had Stella as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2014 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.