Meaning  The name Ellen has the following meaning: Light. Remains highly visible throughout the years due to the legendary beauty of Helen of Troy. Her beauty caused her to be abducted, leading to the Trojan War. As the saying goes, she was "the face that launched a thousand ships". The name stayed popular throughout the ages, spawning many famous personalities such as Helen Keller and Helen Reddy.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls. Popularity
As a baby girl name, Ellen is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 485 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Ellen fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 29 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 700 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Ellen in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Origins Related names The following names are baby names related to Ellen and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Ellen: Boys - Alek, Dardanus, Myron, Girls - Daira, Thalia, Both genders - Agnes, Alpha, Andra, Andrew, Angel, BarbaraVariants The name Ellen is a variant of Helen. Other popular variants of the name Helen are: Alena (Russian), Alyena (Russian), Eileen (Irish), Elaina, Elaine (English), Eleanor (French), Eleaonora (Swedish), Elena (Spanish), Elina (Russian), Eliora (Israeli), Ellen (Dutch), Elna (Danish), Haliana (Polish), Halina (Polish), Helena (Latin), Helene (French), Hellen (English), Helli (Finnish), Ilona (Hungarian), Lene (Norwegian) Style We think the name Ellen should fall under the following style category: Traditional. See other Traditional girl namesImpression Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Ellen to be: A pretty upper-class woman who is well-educatedIn one word, you might describe Ellen as a(n) " well-educated" person. See other "well-educated" names for girls. |
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Meaning of name Ellen
