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Hi!
I personally prefer Stella. If I meet a Star I'd their parents were... different.

In the U.S. the name Star is pretty much considered lower class.

To me, it’s one of those “my child is special and unique” names. It’s better on a pet, like a fish or hamster. In fact, when my mom was in her teens, she had a horse named Star because of a white spot (think it was a brown horse) on its snout shaped like a star.

Star is sort of hippy, like Meadow or Moon.
But it's dated to the 1970s in the US, and I think most of the usage was lower middle class.
And it's also connected by association to the idea of a Hollywood star, or a rockstar.
It has also often been spelled Starr, a surname name that was once more often used for boys. And it was the surname of Belle Starr, a famous outlaw. That made Star itself seem more "countrified," evoking a more earthy-spunky image, rather than only evoking the concept of a star, celestial beauty or guiding star or higher realm etc.
It's sort of a "sparkly" name idea, along the lines of Diamond and Crystal.
So the image today could be a little cheap and tacky.
It's one of those names that will seem cheap and tacky if pictured as the name of a person who seems cheap and tacky, which it usually would be now.
But it can also seem sweet/simple and hippie-ish, when you meet a Star who doesn't fit a negative stereotype.
I like the name. There was a girl named Star who I knew in high school (born 1971).

This message was edited 11/18/2018, 3:59 PM

I've only ever met one Star, and she had a shaved head and wore hand-spun ponchos, and her parents were new age travellers. So, a hippy name, like Sun and Rainbow.
But Seren (literally 'star' in Welsh) is a very normal, popular name in Wales amongst young people.

I actually met a girl named Star when I was little. Even as a kid I thought it was odd. I think it might be better as a middle name.

Star is perceived as a stripper name here...at least in my opinion!