Estrella Family History

Spanish:: habitational name from any of numerous places called Estrella or from La Estrella in Toledo or perhaps from a house distinguished by the sign of a star from estrella ‘star’ (from Latin stella); possibly also a topographic name for someone who lived at a place from which roads radiated out in a star shape.

From the female personal name Estrella ‘star’ also used as a short form of the Marian name María de la Estrella ‘Mary of the Star’.