Ellen
Ellen is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
The name Ellen is a short form of Eleonore or an English form of Helena .
Name bearers
- Ellen Arnhold (* 1961), German news anchor
- Ellen Barkin (born 1954), American actress
- Ellen Berends (* 1955), Dutch diplomat
- Ellen Blom (* 1979), Norwegian ski mountaineer
- Ellen Breen (* 1963), American freestyle skier
- Ellen Burstyn (born 1932), American actress
- Ellen DeGeneres (* 1958), American actress (including host of the TV program of the same name, Ellen )
- Ellen van Dijk (* 1987), Dutch cyclist
- Ellen Dubin , Canadian actress
- Ellen Euler (* 1977), German lawyer
- Ellen Fiedler (* 1958), German athlete
- Ellen Gilchrist (* 1935), American writer
- Ellen Hellwig (* 1946), German actress, radio play and voice actress
- Ellen Horn (* 1951), Norwegian actress and politician
- Ellen Kandeler (* 1957), German soil biology
- Ellen Kessler (* 1936), German dancer and actress, see Kessler twins
- Ellen Lohr (* 1965), German motor sportsperson
- Ellen MacArthur (* 1976), British sailor
- Ellen Sofie Olsvik (* 1962), Norwegian orienteer
- Ellen Page (* 1987), Canadian actress
- Ellen Pompeo (* 1969), American actress
- Ellen Schulz (* 1957), German actress, director and speaker
- Ellen Schwiers (1930–2019), German actress
- Ellen Thiemann (1937–2018), German journalist and author
- Ellen von Unwerth (* 1954), German photographer
- Ellen Gould Harmon White (1827–1915), co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
- Ellen Widmann (1894–1985), Swiss actress
- Ellen Woglom (* 1987), American actress
- Ellen Wong (born 1985), Canadian actress