Ellen

ellen ellen- English <dab!> Etymology Medieval English variant of en Helen, from en grc Ἑλένη; also used as a variant of en Eleanor or a feminine counterpart to en Elliot. Pronunciation en /ˈɛl.ən/ /ˈɛl.ɪn/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ellen.wav Southern England en ɛlən 2 en ellen Proper noun ~ s en female Ancient Greek. III iv And how doth my cousin, your bedfellow? and your fairest daughter and mine, my god-daughter Ellen? en 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." en Review: Jones, Coens, Penn highlight Toronto w:CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/10/review.toronto1/index.html 2007-09-10 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20250602224426/https://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/10/review.toronto1/index.html 2 June 2025 en river uauth/Cumberland co/Cumbria cc/England that flows into the Solway Firth at x/Maryport. Derived terms en Ellenburg Ellenesque Port Ellen Suellen Descendants 1 haw ʻElena Translations female given name Catalan: ca Elena Danish: da Ellen Estonian: et Ellen Finnish: fi Ellen German: de Ellen f Ingrian: izh Olena, izh Jelena Irish: ga Eibhlín f Māori: mi Erana Norwegian: no Ellen Russian: ru Алёна f Swedish: sv Ellen c Ukrainian: uk Альона f Danish Proper noun da female Helene References 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. Estonian Proper noun et proper noun et female Helena Finnish Etymology Variant of fi Elina, perhaps from fi en Ellen and fi da Ellen. Pronunciation Proper noun fi female fi 1985 Simo Hämäläinen Jätkät Weilin + Göös 951-35-3206-2 158 ―Minä olen Ellen.―Nätti nimi. Ruohtalainen.―Eikä ole.―Ei sitten, ellet tykkää. ―I'm Ellen.―Nice name. Swedish one.―No it isn't.―Okay, if you don't like that. Declension Ellen ä 0 Statistics dvv_20250813 5338 7865 135 References German Pronunciation de De-Ellen.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Etymology 1 Noun de noun form de Elle Etymology 2 de en Ellen and de da Ellen. Proper noun de proper noun de female Norwegian Etymology Danish and Norwegian variant of no Helene. Later also borrowed from no en Ellen. Proper noun no proper noun no female Related terms no Elin References Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7 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. Swedish Etymology Borrowed from sv en Ellen and sv da Ellen. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Ellen.wav Proper noun c sv female