Ellen

Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor, Elena, and Helen. Ellen was the 609th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden in 2004. People named Ellen include: Ellen Adarna (born 1988), Filipino actress Ellen Alaküla (1927–2011), Estonian actress Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893), American poet Ellen Allien (born 1969), German electronic musician and music producer Ellen Anckarsvärd (1833–1898), Swedish feminist Ellen Andersen (1898–1989), Danish museum curator Ellen Anderson (born 1959), American politician Ellen Auerbach (1906–2004), German-born American photographer Ellen Baake (born 1961), German mathematical biologist Ellen S. Baker (born 1953), American physician and astronaut Ellen Barkin (born 1954), American actress Ellen Bass (born 1947), American poet and author Ellen A. Dayton Blair (1837–1926), social reformer and art teacher Ellen Bontje (born 1958), Dutch equestrian Ellen Burka (1921–2016), Dutch and Canadian figure skater and coach Ellen Burrell (1850–1938), American mathematics professor Ellen Burstyn (born 1932), American actress Ellen Carter (1762–1815), English artist Ellen Cleghorne (born 1965), American comedian and actress Ellen Cobb (born 1940), retired British judoka Ellen Corby (1911–1999), American actress Ellen Craft (1826–1891), American fugitive slave and abolitionist Ellen Craswell (1932–2008), American politician Ellen Crocker (1872–1962), British suffragette Ellen ten Damme (born 1967), Dutch actress and musician Ellen DeGeneres (born 1958), American comedian, actress, and talk-show host Ellen van Dijk (born 1987), Dutch road and track cyclist Ellen Dissanayake (born c.