Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor and Helen. Ellen is the 666th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden (2004).
People named Ellen include:
Ellen Alaküla (1927–2011), Estonian actress
Ellen Anckarsvärd (1833-1898), Swedish feminist
Ellen Barkin (born 1954), American actress
Ellen Burstyn (born 1932), American actress
Ellen Carter (1762-1815), English artist
Ellen Cleghorne (born 1965), American comedian and actress
Ellen Craswell (1932-2008), American politician
Ellen DeGeneres (born 1958) American comedian, actress, and talk-show host
Ellen Dissanayake, anthropologist and author
Ellen Estes (born 1978), American water polo player
Ellen Foley (born 1951), American singer and actress
Ellen Fries (1855-1900), Swedish feminist and writer, first woman to be awarded a PhD in Sweden
Ellen Gallagher (born 1965), American artist
Ellen Kaarma (1928-1973), Estonian actress
Ellen Key (1849-1926), Swedish feminist writer and suffragette
Ellen Liiger (1918–1987), Estonian actress
Ellen MacArthur (born 1976), British yachtswoman
Ellen McIlwaine (born 1945), American musician
Ellen McLain, American voice actress
Ellen Muth (born 1981), American actress
Ellen Nikolaysen (born 1951), Norwegian actress
Ellen Page (born 1987), Canadian actress
Ellen Pao (born 1970), American lawyer and the former interim chief executive officer of Internet company Reddit Inc.
Ellen Pompeo (born 1969), American actress
Ellen Sauerbrey (born 1937), American politician
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938), President of Liberia
Ellen Roche, is a Brazilian actress and model.
Ellen Terry (1847-1928), English stage actress
Ellen Travolta (born 1940), American actress
Ellen van Dijk (born 1987), Dutch professional road and track cyclist
Ellen G. White (1827-1915), American co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and author
Ellen Willmott (1858–1934), English horticulturalist
Ellen Wilson (judoka) (born 1976), American judoka
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939), American classical music composer
