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Stella is the name of my kitty so I think that is cute

I like both, but I prefer Stella.

I used to REALLY dislike Stella. Then I started loving old-fashioned names, and it became sort of celeb-trendy (I know Melanie Griffith & Antonia Banderas have a dd named Stella, but there are several more I just can't remember right now. :b). I started to like it a little bit more, but I LOVE Estella. Not nearly as crazy about Stella or Estelle, but Estella is beautiful. Weird, huh? lol

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~Heather~

Both are beautiful, but I prefer Estella

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Both names are just okay imo. I think I prefer Estella.

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Hannah
"Are you not afraid that it will go out?"
"That what will go out?" asked Dr Greysteel.
"The candle." Strange gestured to Dr Greysteel's forehead. "The candle inside your head."

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Stella

I prefer Estella. Stella is nice but I think Estella sounds more elegant and feminine.

Both are nice, if not my style. I prefer Estella to Stella but in truth, I prefer Estelle to both as I think it has more charm.

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No not love she said
Don’t you know that it’s different for girls"

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- Joe Jackson

This message was edited 3/9/2006, 1:57 AM

Stella is just one of those names I've never really liked because it doesn't looks pretty to me. I usually like classic name like it, and I like the meaning, but the spelling and the sound don't appeal to me.

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Estella, on the other hand, is very pretty. I really like it.

I love Estella but I can't get into Stella at all. I live in a student town, so I only ever hear it in the context of a beer.

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♥Elinor♥

Stella...This is funny, a week ago I didn't care for either, but on Saturday my cousin had her baby, a girl named Stella Christine. I still don't like Estella, but now I think that Stella is beautiful.

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I used to imagine Stella as an old woman with a fake tan and leathery skin who wears gaudy sequined clothes and drips with costume jewelry. Now I just see my new cousin's precious little baby face and Stella seems sophisticated and beautiful.

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But I don't let the evenings get me down,
As long as you're around me.

This message was edited 3/8/2006, 10:58 PM

Estella is okay, but I really like Stella better. I don't know if it's merely because of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire," but that name has always sounded so charming to me. I perceive Estella as being to frilly, it's like the difference between Isabella and Isabel. Stella is just plainer, simpler and, in the end, more beautiful to me.

I prefer Stella because it's shorter, not too 'frilly' and it has a more modern and 'spunky' vibe to it. I hope that makes sense.

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"I love God far too much to be religious" ~ Jean-Claude Koven

Estella but called Stella

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That's how my grandmother's is. Her full name is Estella Sophia

I prefer Estella although both receive only a lukewarm reception from me.

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“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
~Mark Twain

I'd pick Estella. Stella sounds too stuck-up.

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I don't like either but I'd have to say Stella.

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Stella

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Stella :)

Stella. Stella reminds me of stars. Estella reminds me of old ladies.

Stella is very pretty. It is the nicer of the two, imo. Estella sounds ugly to me.

I like Estella better because the E just seems to add a softer feminine feel to it which is lovely! I so like Stella too but Estella is just more appeling to me. :)

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Is go dtéigh tu mo bhoirin slán

Stella

I prefer Stella. Estella sounds like a name of Maddam to me. ;)
I also like Giselle and Jisella [he-SELL-ah]. They sound similar.

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I like Stella; it's nice and classy-sounding without being over-the-top. Estella seems kind of pretentious to me. I'm not sure why. :o)