Ellen
| Ellen |
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| Pronunciation |
Ell-en |
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| Gender |
Female |
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| Origin |
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| Word/name |
Europe |
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| Meaning |
Bright |
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| Related names |
Elena, Helena |
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Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor and Helen. Ellen can be traced back to Ancient Greece, where it translates as "sun-ray, lightness." Ellen is the 555th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden (2004).
People with the name Ellen
- Ellen Anckarsvärd, Swedish feminist
- Ellen Barkin, American actress
- Ellen Burstyn, American actress
- Ellen Carter, English artist
- Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian and actress
- Ellen Craswell, Washington state politician
- Ellen DeGeneres, American comedienne, actress, and talk-show host
- Ellen van Dijk Dutch professional road and track cyclist
- Ellen Dissanayake, anthropologist and author
- Ellen Estes, American water polo player
- Ellen Feiss, Internet phenomenon famous for appearing an Apple advertisement
- Ellen Foley, singer/actress
- Ellen Fries, feminist
- Ellen Gallagher, American artist
- Ellen Key, feminist writer
- Dame Ellen MacArthur, British yachtswoman
- Ellen McIlwaine, American musician
- Ellen McLain, American voice actress
- Ellen Muth, American actress
- Ellen Nikolaysen, Norwegian actress
- Ellen Page, Canadian actress
- Ellen Pompeo, American actress
- Ellen Sauerbrey, Maryland politician
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia
- Dame Ellen Terry, English stage actress
- Ellen Travolta (born 1940), American actress
- Ellen G. White, Seventh-day Adventist prophetess
- Ellen Willmott (1858–1934), English horticulturalist
- Ellen Wilson (judoka), American judoka
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, classical music composer
See also
- Elen (disambiguation)
- Ellen (disambiguation)
- Eleni (disambiguation)
- Elín (disambiguation)
- Helene (disambiguation)
- Helena (disambiguation)
- Helen (disambiguation)