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 Maessen, a Dutch singer who participated three times in the Eurovision Song Contest
• 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
• Stella 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
• Stella avenue, a street in Dublin, Ireland

In popular culture

• "Stella!", a memorable line from the film A Streetcar Named Desire
• Stella , 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 , 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 , Swedish science fiction magazine
• Stella , magazine supplement for the Sunday Telegraph
• Stella , a fictional character from the Winx Club animated series
• "Stella by Starlight", a known jazz standard

Film

• Stella , with Zully Moreno (Argentina)
• Stella , with Ann Sheridan and Victor Mature
• Stella , directed by Michael Cacoyannis
• Stella , directed by Laurent Heynemann
• Stella , starring Bette Midler
• Stella , starring Seema Biswas

Music

• Stella , by Swiss electronica band Yello
• Stella , a Finnish rock/pop band
• Stella , 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 , 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 released by pop/punk band All Time Low from their third studio album Nothing Personal
• Angelo Stella, the greatest drummer that ever lived.

Novels

• Stella written by Colin Galbraith
• Stella written by Jan de Hartog
• We Murder Stella, a 1958 novella by Marlen Haushofer
• Mayfair Witch Chronicles, Series of novels by Anne Rice featuring the character Stella Mayfair
• Stella Maris, a 1918 novel by William J. Locke.

Brands and products

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

Computing

• Stella , multiplatform Atari 2600 game-console emulator.
• Stella , polyhedra modeling software
• Stella , 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 , with a face value of four dollars ($4)

See also

• Stela, singular stele, a stone or wooden slab erected for funerary or commemorative purposes