Reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tuathaigh descendant of Tuathach a byname meaning chief lord ie.

Stella mary name meaning. Jerome rendered it in Latin as stillamaris which was later changed to stella star maris. The first name was initially derived from Stella Maris a title for the Virgin Mary meaning star of the sea. The Hebrew name Miriam which means drop of the sea was translated by St.

Stella Maris star of the sea is an historic title for the Virgin Mary in use since at least the early medieval period. Stella Maris refers to Mary leading us to Christ. Meanings and history of the name Stella One Latin term for the Virgin Mary is Stella Maris meaning star of the sea The Spanish Estella and thus the English and French Estelle also derive from stella which is Latin for star.

Stella Maris Nostre or Our Lady Star of the Sea was used to emphasize Marys role as a guiding star for Christians and Gentiles. The name Stella comes from the Latin word stella meaning star ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root stēr- meaning the same Pok. It had been used in the Middle Ages as a byname of Virgin Mary.

Another interpretation of the word mar renders Marys name to mean drop of the sea and St. Stella was introduced into English as a given name in the 16th century by Sir Philip Sidney. It is literally from the word stella meaning star.

Etymology does not decide which of these derivations is to be preferred. Strood in Kent is named with the same word and some examples of the surname are no. People called Mary Stella Maris which means Star of the Sea and to this day devotion to this title is very popular around the world.

Pascasius Radbert wrote about Mary Stella Maris as a guide to follow the path of Christ not to fall in the midst of the stormy waves of the sea. Stella is a short form of Estella as well as a separate name in its own right. But it is hardly probable that the name of a young girl should be connected with the idea of rebellion while Orientals consider the idea of being well nourished as synonymous with beauty and bodily perfection so that they would be apt to give their daughters a name derived from mara Mary means therefore The beautiful or The perfect one.