Ellen
| Ellen | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | Ell-en |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Europe |
| Meaning | Bright |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Elena, Helena |
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Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor and Helen. Ellen is the 555th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden (2004).
People named Ellen include:
- Ellen Anckarsvärd (1833-1898), Swedish feminist
- Ellen Barkin (born 1954), American actress
- Ellen Burstyn (born 1932), American actress
- Ellen Carter (1762-1815), English artist
- Ellen Cleghorne (born 1965), American comedian and actress
- Ellen Craswell (1932-2008), American politician
- Ellen DeGeneres (born 1958), American comedian, actress, and talk-show host
- Ellen Dissanayake, anthropologist and author
- Ellen Estes (born 1978), American water polo player
- Ellen Feiss (born 1987/1988), Internet phenomenon famous for appearing an Apple advertisement
- Ellen Foley (born 1951), American singer and actress
- Ellen Fries (1855-1900), Swedish feminist and writer, first woman to be awarded a PhD in Sweden
- Ellen Gallagher (born 1965), American artist
- Ellen Key (1849-1926), Swedish feminist writer and suffragette
- Ellen MacArthur (born 1976), British yachtswoman
- Ellen McIlwaine (born 1945), American musician
- Ellen McLain, American voice actress
- Ellen Muth (born 1981), American actress
- Ellen Nikolaysen (born 1951), Norwegian actress
- Ellen Page (born 1987), Canadian actress
- Ellen Pao (born 1970), American lawyer and the former interim chief executive officer of Internet company Reddit Inc.
- Ellen Pompeo (born 1969), American actress
- Ellen Sauerbrey (born 1937), American politician
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938), President of Liberia
- Ellen Terry (1847-1928), English stage actress
- Ellen Travolta (born 1940), American actress
- Ellen van Dijk (born 1987), Dutch professional road and track cyclist
- Ellen G. White (1827-1915), American co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and author
- Ellen Willmott (1858–1934), English horticulturalist
- Ellen Wilson (judoka) (born 1976), American judoka
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939), American classical music composer
See also
- Elen (disambiguation)
- Ellen (disambiguation)
- Eleni (disambiguation)
- Elín (disambiguation)
- Helene (disambiguation)
- Helena (disambiguation)
- Helen (disambiguation)
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