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Estelle

American  
[ih-stel] / ɪˈstɛl /
Also Estella

noun

  1. a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “star.”


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After questioning Estelle, officers put her in the cell with a thin mattress on top of the concrete slab and a blanket donated by an airline, Hoppock said.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

Estelle insists she told the employee at the motor vehicles department she was not a citizen.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

Estelle Bellamy, 54, described how her heart breaks watching son Ben working in Starbucks after completing his physiotherapy degree.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

A successful merchant and middleman, Jacob married Marie Estelle Berthelot, a Catholic Cajun woman who later converted to Judaism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

And they certainly don’t explain physical manifestations of spirits like that of Estelle Livermore or the ever-present Benjamin Franklin.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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