Type Word Usage Old Germanic (Hypothetical) Meaning & History Germanic word meaning "star" [1][2]. Related ItemsFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & Culturessteorra(Anglo-Saxon) sterno(Old High German) Given Name DescendantsStar, Starr(English) Surname DescendantsStarr(English) Stern(German) Stern(Jewish) Same Spellingsterno Sources & References Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 478. Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Brill, 2003, page 375.