Stellan

STEHL-an

Swedish

"calm"

Stellan Origin and Meaning

The name Stellan is a girl's name meaning "calm".

Stellan is a traditionally masculine name, used nearly exclusively as such in its native Sweden. However, in Finland — and more recently in the US too — it has been given to a small number of girls, likely owing to its similarity to Stella.

While it sounds like the meaning could be celestial, it is more likely derived from the Old Norse stilling meaning "calm", though other sources suggest that it's a variant of the Romanian Stelian and the Greek Stelios, meaning "pillar", or from the German stelle and stellen meaning "place, site" or "arrange".

Alternatively, some parents may just be using it as an alternative to Stella, meaning "star".