abstract:Estelle is a female given name of French derivation usually interpreted as meaning "star" via equation with "estoile" the Old French form of the modern French "etoile" whose Latin root is "stella". Saint Estelle is the name of a third-century Occitan martyr: the older form of her name Eustalia indicates a derivation from the Greek "eustales" i.
It has a name which is the first name of the husband or the wife or the town where they came from -- Lois,Tony's,Estelle's,or Maria's, or the Calaberian or the Belonia.
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Estelle Bennett of the legendary girl group The Ronettes;
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Another find was an original book of poetry Faulkner wrote and bound for his wife, Estelle.