Ellen

Medieval English variant of Helen, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē); also used as a variant of Eleanor.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.ən/
• Rhymes: -ɛlən

Ellen

1. A female given name.
   • c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene iv]:

     And how doth my cousin, your bedfellow? and your fairest daughter and mine, my god-daughter Ellen?

   • 1928 Agatha Christie: The Mystery of the Blue Train

     "Is her name Ellen or Helen, Miss Viner? I thought - "

     Miss Viner closed her eyes.

     "I can sound my h's, dear, as well as anyone, but Helen is not a suitable name for a servant. I don't know what the mothers in the lower classes are coming to nowadays."

• → Hawaiian: ʻElena

Ellen

1. A female given name, a Danish variant of Helene (“Helen”).

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 49 325 females with the given name Ellen have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

Ellen

1. A female given name, variant of Helena (“Helen”).

From English and Danish Ellen.

• IPA^(key): [ˈelːen]
• Hyphenation: El‧len

Ellen

1. A female given name.
   • 1985 Simo Hämäläinen, Jätkät, Weilin + Göös, →ISBN, page 158:

     ―Minä olen Ellen.

     ―Nätti nimi. Ruohtalainen.

     ―Eikä ole.

     ―Ei sitten, ellet tykkää.

Ellen

1. plural of Elle

Ellen

1. A female given name of English and Danish origin.

Danish and Norwegian variant of Helene. Later also borrowed from English Ellen.

Ellen

1. A female given name.

• Elin

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 663 females with the given name Ellen living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Ellen c (genitive Ellens)

1. A female given name of English and Danish origin.