Ellen

proper nouncommon in dialogue

//ˈɛl.ən//
//ˈɛl.ɪn//

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

proper noun

1
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
And how doth my cousin, your bedfellow? and your fairest daughter and mine, my god-daughter Ellen?
"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."
Ellen Page gives a star-making performance as a 16-year-old live wire who decides to go through with her pregnancy and seeks acceptably well-adjusted, wealthy, punk-rock loving parents for the unborn baby.
2
A river in Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, that flows into the Solway Firth at Maryport.

Etymology

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

Forms

plural: Ellens

Ella · A female given name.Elle · A diminutive of the female given name Eleanor and other names…ellen · Strength vouchsafed; comfort; grace.

Ellen · A female given name from Ancient Greek.

Ellie · A unisex given name.Elliot · A surname transferred from the given name, a variant of…Elliott · A male given name. A male given name from Hebrew.

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