What are your thoughts on the name [name_f]Estella[/name_f]? Thoughts, associations, imagery? Also, do you think Stevie would work as a nickname?
Thanks!
I really like the name [name_f]Estella[/name_f] and have since first reading Great Expectations. It was on my list until I learned there is apparently going to be another Great Expectations movie produced.
I have a soft spot for the name [name_f]Estella[/name_f]. It never appealed to me before but then I met a girl named [name_f]Estella[/name_f] through mutual friends and it started to grow on me. I think about adding it to my list all the time but haven’t.
The [name_f]Estella[/name_f] I know is a very pretty, spunky, blonde haired girl so that’s what I picture 
I’m honestly surprised this name hasn’t had a comeback yet. [name_f]Stella[/name_f] is popular, names containing -ell and -ella are popular, vintage names are popular – it’s a hidden gem! [name_f]Estella[/name_f] has made a very slow climb from a low at 988 in 1970 to 882 today, and was at its highest in the late 19th/early 20th century. So it doesn’t even have that sharp “comeback curve” (at least yet) that dates it to the 2010s - unlike [name_f]Ella[/name_f] and [name_f]Stella[/name_f].
My main association is also Great Expectations. I see it on a dreamy girl with dark hair and dark eyes - graceful, maybe a dancer.
[name_u]Stevie[/name_u] sort of sounds like a stretch … but a lot of the nicknames I like for my favorite names are stretches, too. If you present it early on people will get used to it. The great thing about [name_f]Estella[/name_f] is there are a lot of nicknames available - [name_f]Stella[/name_f], [name_f]Ella[/name_f], [name_f]Ellie[/name_f], Tellie, [name_f]Tillie[/name_f], [name_f]Estie[/name_f], [name_f]Esta[/name_f] - so if she doesn’t end up seeming like a [name_u]Stevie[/name_u], you have options.