Updated January 31, 2024

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Girl name origins & meanings

  • American, English, Latin : A star
  • Latin : Star
  • French : Variation of Estella

Girl name variations

Starr

Starr

- 14% this year
Neutral
Rare
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Stella

Stella

0 % this year
Feminine
Common
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Stela

Stela

- 36% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Stellar

Stellar

+ 40% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Starla

Starla

+ 23% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Starling

Starling

- 18% this year
Feminine
Rare
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Boy name origins & meanings

  • English : Bright

Boy name variations

Starr

Starr

- 14% this year
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Rare
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Starri

Starri

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Starrie

Starrie

0 % this year
Masculine
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Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname from German Star, Middle High German star, ‘starling’, probably denoting a talkative or perhaps a voracious person.
  • Dutch : nickname either for a gloomy person or for someone who was rigid and inflexible, from Middle Dutch staer ‘having a troubled or gloomy expression’; ‘tight’, ‘stiff’.
  • English translation of German and Jewish Stern.
  • Slovenian : from the adjective star ‘old’ (see Stare).