Ellen

A female given name, form of Helen.

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Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor and Helen. Ellen is the 666th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden (2004).
People named Ellen include:
Ellen Alaküla (1927–2011), Estonian actress
Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893), American poet
Ellen Allien (born 1969), German electronic musician and music producer
Ellen Anckarsvärd (1833-1898), Swedish feminist
Ellen Auerbach (1906–2004), German-born American photographer
Ellen S. Baker (born 1953), American physician and astronaut
Ellen Barkin (born 1954), American actress
Ellen Bontje (born 1958), Dutch equestrian
Ellen Burka (1921–2016), Dutch and Canadian figure skater and coach
Ellen Burstyn (born 1932), American actress
Ellen Carter (1762-1815), English artist
Ellen Cleghorne (born 1965), American comedian and actress
Ellen Corby (1911–1999), American actress
Ellen Craft (1826–1891), American fugitive slave and abolitionist
Ellen Craswell (1932-2008), American politician
Ellen ten Damme (born 1967), Dutch actress and musician
Ellen DeGeneres (born 1958) American comedian, actress, and talk-show host
Ellen van Dijk (born 1987), Dutch road and track cyclist
Ellen Dissanayake (born c.1935), American anthropologist and author
Ellen Albertini Dow (1913–2015), American actress and drama coach
Ellen Elzerman (born 1971), Dutch swimmer
Ellen Estes (born 1978), American water polo player
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 Geer (born 1941), American actress, acting teacher and theatre director
Ellen Gilchrist (born 1935), American novelist, short story writer, and poet
Ellen Glasgow (1873–1975), American novelist
Ellen Greene (born 1951), American singer and actress
Ellen Day Hale (1855–1940), American impressionist painter and printmake
Ellen 't Hoen (born 1960), Dutch lawyer and Médecins sans Frontières director
Ellen Hollman (born 1983), American actress
Ellen Hogerwerf (born 1989), Dutch rower
Ellen Hoog (born 1986), Dutch field hockey player
Ellen Horn (born 1951), Norwegian ctress, theater director, and politician
Ellen Jansen (born 1992), Dutch footballer
Ellen Jens (born 1941), Dutch television director and producer
Ellen Johnson (born 1955), American civil rights activist
Ellen Kaarma (1928-1973), Estonian actress
Ellen Key (1849-1926), Swedish feminist writer and suffragette
Ellen Kooi (born 1962), Dutch artist and photographer,
Ellen Kuipers (born 1971), Dutch field hockey player
Ellen J. Kullman (born 1956), American business executive, CEO of DuPont
Ellen Kuzwayo (1914–2006), South African women's rights activist and politician
Ellen van Langen (born 1966), Dutch middle distance runner
Ellen Liiger (1918–1987), Estonian actress
Ellen MacArthur (born 1976), British yachtswoman
Ellen van Maris (born 1957), Dutch bodybuilder
Ellen McIlwaine (born 1945), American musician
Ellen McLain (born 1952), American voice actress
Ellen Meijers (born c.1971), Dutch video game music composer
Ellen Muth (born 1981), American actress
Ellen Nikolaysen (born 1951), Norwegian actress
Ellen Ochoa (born 1958), American engineer and astronaut
Ellen Page (born 1987), Canadian actress
Ellen Pao (born 1970), American lawyer, former CEO of Reddit
Ellen Perez (1868–1954), Australian tennis player
Ellen Petri (born 1982), Belgian beauty pageant
Ellen Pompeo (born 1969), American actress
Ellen Swallow Richards (1842–1911), American industrial and environmental chemist
Ellen Roche (born 1979), Brazilian actress and model
Ellen Roosevelt (1868–1954), American tennis player
Ellen Sauerbrey (born 1937), American politician
Ellen Browning Scripps (1836–1932), American journalist and philanthropist
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938), President of Liberia
Ellen Tauscher (born 1951), American politician, Under Secretary of State
Ellen Terry (1847-1928), English stage actress
Ellen Travolta (born 1940), American actress
Ellen von Unwerth (born 1954), German photographer and director,
Ellen Van Loy (born 1980), Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist
Ellen Venker (born 1983), Dutch softball player
Ellen Vogel (1922–2015), Dutch actress
Ellen van der Weijden-Bast (born 1971), Dutch water polo player
Ellen G. White (1827-1915), American co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and author
Ellen Willmott (1858–1934), English horticulturalist
Ellen Axson Wilson (1860–1914), American first lady
Ellen Wilson (born 1976), American judoka
Ellen van Wolde (born 1954), Dutch biblical scholar
Ellen Wong (born 1985), Canadian actress
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939), American classical music composer

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Fem. proper name, an older form of Helen (q.v.). Its popularity among U.S. birth names peaked in 1880s and 1940s.

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Derived from the Greek root ele: torch, bright light.

Eliana, Ella, Noelle, Elen, Helena, Helene, Helen, Elle, Elena

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Ellen DeGeneres	1958	American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress
2	Ellen Page	1987	Canadian actress
3	Ellen Pompeo	1969	American actress
4	Ellen Barkin	1954	American actress
5	Ellen Burstyn	1932	Actress
6	Ellen Pao	1970	American businesswoman
7	Ellen Whitaker	1986	English female show jumping rider
8	Ellen Johnson Sirleaf	1938	Liberian politician and 24th president of Liberia
9	Ellen Travolta	1940	American actress
10	Ellen Ripley	2092	Fictional character
11	Ellen G. White	1827	American author and founder/leader of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
12	Ellen Corby	1911	American actress
13	Ellen Foley	1951	American singer and actress
14	Ellen Wong	1985	Canadian actress
15	Ellen Adarna	1988	Actress
16	Ellen Greene	1951	American actress and singer
17	Ellen MacArthur	1976	Long-distance yachtswoman
18	Ellen Muth	1981	American actress
19	Ellen Hollman	1983	American actress
20	Ellen Albertini Dow	1913	Actress
21	Ellen Axson Wilson	1860	First Lady of the United States
22	Ellen Ternan	1839	British actress
23	Ellen McLain	2000	American opera singer and voice actress from Nashville, Tennessee.
24	Ellen Geer	1941	Actress, director
25	Ellen Ochoa	1958	Former astronaut and current Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center
26	Ellen Terry	1847	English actress
27	Ellen Cleghorne	1965	American actor and comedian
28	Ellen Harvelle
29	Ellen Hopkins	1955	American writer
30	Ellen Sandweiss	1958	American actress
31	Ellen Hidding	1972	Dutch former swimmer and model, writer and television presenter (Mediaset) in Italy
32	Ellen Wilkinson	1891	British Labour Party politician
33	George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen	1946	British politician
34	Ellen Swallow Richards	1842	American chemist
35	Ellen von Unwerth	1954	German photographer
36	Ellen Hoog	1986	Field hockey player
37	Ellen Woglom	1987	American actress
38	Ellen Willis	1941	Writer, activist
39	Ellen Allien	1969	German electronic musician and music producer
40	Ellen K
41	Ellen J. Kullman	1956	American business executive
42	Ellen Frauenknecht	1978	German television presenter, journalist and news presenter
43	Ellen Arnhold	1961	German television presenter, news presenter and radio host
44	Ellen Umlauf	1925	Austrian - New Zealand actress, ballet dancer, writer, director and producer
45	Ellen Rometsch	1936	German club hostess
46	Ellen White	1989	English international association football player
47	Ellen Drew	1915	Film actress
48	Ellen Watson	1860	American rancher
49	Ellen Tigh
50	Ellen Meiksins Wood	1942	American marxist scholar
51	Ellen Reid	1966	Canadian musician
52	Ellen Jabour	1977	Brazilian model
53	Ellen Goodman	1941	American journalist and writer
54	Ellen Raskin	1928	American writer and illustrator
55	Ellen M. Pawlikowski	1956	United States Air Force general
56	Ellen Browning Scripps	1836	American philanthropist
57	Ellen van Dijk	1987	Dutch professional road and track racing cyclist
58	Ellen Glasgow	1873	Novelist, short story writer
59	Ellen Trane Nørby	1980	Danish politician
60	Ellen Key	1849	Swedish writer
61	Ellen Wheeler	1961	American actress
62	Ellen Marlow	1994	American actress
63	Ellen Langer	1947	American psychologist
64	Ellen Hamilton Latzen	1980	American actress
65	Ellen Bry	1951	American actress
66	Ellen Tauscher	1951	American politician
67	Ellen Hillingsø	1967	Danish actress
68	Ellen Stofan	1961	Scientist
69	Ellen S. Baker	1953	Astronaut
70	Ellen Ewing Sherman	1824	Wife of American general
71	Ellen Gallagher	1965	American artist
72	Ellen Hancock		American businesswoman
73	Ellen Nussey	1817	British writer
74	Ellen Ratner		American journalist
75	Ellen Crawford	1951	American actress
76	Jéssica Ellen	1992	Brazilian television actor
77	Ellen Taaffe Zwilich	1939	American composer
78	Ellen Weston	1939	American actress
79	Ellen Holly	1931	Actress
80	Ellen Church	1904	American aviation pioneer
81	Ellen Gates Starr	1859	American sociologist
82	Ellen Chan	1966	Hong Kong actor
83	Ellen Churchill Semple	1863	American geographer
84	Ellen Fairclough	1905	Canadian politician
85	Ellen Chenoweth		Film casting director
86	Ellen Kushner	1955	American writer
87	Ellen Johnson	1955	American activist
88	Ellen Goldsmith-Vein	1964	American film producer
89	Ellen McIlwaine	1945	American musician
90	Ellen Rosenblum	1951	Oregon politician
91	Ellen Dubin	2000	Canadian actress
92	Ellen Fanning		Australian journalist
93	Ellen Gilchrist	1935	Fiction writer, poet
94	Ellen Wood	1814	English writer
95	Ellen Organ	1903	Irish mystic
96	Ellen Alemany	1955	Businesswoman
97	Ellen Lupton	1963	American graphic designer
98	Ellen Simonetti	1974	American blogger
99	Ellen Deckwitz	1982	Dutch writer and poet
100	Ellen McCormack	1926	American pro-life activist
101	Ellen V. Futter	1949	American museum administrator
102	Ellen Forney	1968	American cartoonist and illustrator
103	Ellen Kuras	1959	American cinematographer and film director
104	Ellen Brown	1945	American writer
105	Ellen Saint	1983	Czech pornographic actress
106	Ellen Vogel	1922	Dutch actress
107	Mark Ellen		British television presenter and journalist
108	Ellen McLaughlin	1957	American playwright
109	Ellen Bialystok	1949	Canadian psychologist
110	Ellen Sauerbrey	1937	American politician
111	Ellen West	1888
112	Ellen Datlow	1949	American writer
113	Ellen Hart Peña	1958	American distance runner
114	Ellen Widmann	1894	Swiss actress
115	Ellen Malcolm	1947	Founder of EMILY's List
116	Ellen Moran	1967	American politician
117	Ellen David		Canadian actress
118	Ellen Bergman	1919	Swedish actor and director
119	Ellen Feiss	1987	Internet phenomenon
120	Ellen Burka	1921	Figure skater
121	Ellen Bryant Voigt	1943	American poet
122	Ellen Thomas	1947	US American peace activist
123	Ellen Bass	1947	American writer
124	Ellen Rocche	1979	Brazilian actress
125	Ellen Day Hale	1855	American Impressionist painter
126	Ellen L. Weintraub		Member of the United States Federal Election Commission
127	Ellen Shipley	1949	American songwriter
128	Ellen Roosevelt	1868	US tennis player
129	Ellen Stewart	1919	American theater director and producer
130	Ellen Pence	1948	American sociologist and activist
131	Ellen Dissanayake		American anthropologist
132	Ellen Tronnier	1927	American baseball player
133	Ellen Schrecker	1938	American historian
134	Ellen Biddle Shipman	1869	American landscape architect
135	Ellen Maria Colfax	1836	Wife of Vice-President of the U.S.
136	Ellen Barrett	1946	American priest
137	Ellen Segal Huvelle	1948	United States federal judge
138	Ellen Dolan
139	Ellen Davis
140	Ellen Parker	1949	American actress
141	Ellen Price	1878	Danish actor and ballerina
142	Ellen Joyce Loo	1986	Canadian singer
143	Ellen Gerstell	1954	American actress
144	Ellen Falkner	1979	British bowls player
145	Ellen Zitek		Fictional character from the BBC medical drama Casualty
146	Ellen ten Damme	1967	Dutch actress
147	Ellen Margrethe Løj	1948	Danish diplomat
148	Ellen Meloy	1946	American writer
149	Ellen Siminoff		American businessman
150	Ellen Young	1952	American politician
151	Ellen Fullman	1957	American composer
152	Ellen Schreiber	1967	American writer
153	Ellen Fox		American comedian and journalist
154	Ellen Bork		American civil servant
155	Ellen Wroe	1988	American actress
156	Ellen S. Berscheid	1936	American psychologist
157	Ellen Blazer	1931	Dutch television director (1931-2013)
158	Ellen Michaels	1953	American model
159	Ellen Andrée	1856	Model for Degas and others
160	Ellen Emerson White		American writer
161	Ellen Barry	1971	American journalist
162	Ellen Ullman		American writer
163	Ellen Hart	1949	American writer
164	Ellen van Langen	1966	Dutch middle distance runner
165	Roy Ellen	1947	British anthropologist
166	Ellen Demérus	1975	Swedish actress
167	Ellen Faull	1918	Singer
168	Ellen Hamlin	1835	Wife of Vice-President of the U.S.
169	Ellen Gracie	1948	Brazilian judge
170	Ellen Willmott	1858	English horticulturist
171	Ellen Cohen	1940	American politician
172	Ellen Lohr	1965	German racing driver
173	Ellen Corbett	1954	American politician
174	Ellen Lee	1957	Singaporean politician and lawyer
175	Ellen Bryan		American television personality and beauty pageant titleholder
176	Ellen Woodbury		Disney animator
177	Ellen Pollock	1902	British actress
178	Janika ter Ellen
179	Ellen Spiro	1968	American filmmaker
180	Ellen Parren
181	Ellen Ash Peters	1930	American judge
182	Ellen Brusse	1950	Dutch television presenter
183	Ellen Sandell	1984	Australian environmentalist and politician
184	Ellen Fjæstad	1986	Swedish actress
185	Ellen Evers	1966	Dutch actor and singer
186	Shane Ellen	1973	Australian rules footballer
187	Ellen Fein	1958	Writer
188	Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart	1857	Irish politician and company director
189	Ellen Roberts	1959	Colorado State Representative
190	Ellen Svinhufvud	1869	Finnish politician
191	Ellen de Lima	1938	Brazilian actress
192	Ellen Jaffee	1944	American politician
193	Ellen Clapsaddle	1865	American illustrator
194	Ellen Tiedtke	1930
195	Ellen Oléria	1982	Brazilian Singer
196	Ellen Seligman		Editor
197	Ellen Sharples	1769	British artist
198	Ellen Lipton Hollander	1949	American judge
199	Ellen Preis	1912	Austrian fencer
200	Ellen Thiemann	1937	German writer