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 actressEllen Anckarsvärd (1833-1898), Swedish feministEllen Barkin (born 1954), American actressEllen Burstyn (born 1932), American actressEllen Carter (1762-1815), English artistEllen Cleghorne (born 1965), American comedian and actressEllen Craswell (1932-2008), American politicianEllen DeGeneres (born 1958) American comedian, actress, and talk-show hostEllen Dissanayake, anthropologist and authorEllen Estes (born 1978), American water polo playerEllen Foley (born 1951), American singer and actressEllen Fries (1855-1900), Swedish feminist and writer, first woman to be awarded a PhD in SwedenEllen Gallagher (born 1965), American artistEllen Kaarma (1928-1973), Estonian actressEllen Key (1849-1926), Swedish feminist writer and suffragetteEllen Liiger (1918–1987), Estonian actressEllen MacArthur (born 1976), British yachtswomanEllen McIlwaine (born 1945), American musicianEllen McLain, American voice actressEllen Muth (born 1981), American actressEllen Nikolaysen (born 1951), Norwegian actressEllen Page (born 1987), Canadian actressEllen Pao (born 1970), American lawyer and the former interim chief executive officer of Internet company Reddit Inc.Ellen Pompeo (born 1969), American actressEllen Sauerbrey (born 1937), American politicianEllen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938), President of LiberiaEllen Roche, is a Brazilian actress and model.Ellen Terry (1847-1928), English stage actressEllen Travolta (born 1940), American actressEllen van Dijk (born 1987), Dutch professional road and track cyclistEllen G. White (1827-1915), American co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and authorEllen Willmott (1858–1934), English horticulturalistEllen Wilson (judoka) (born 1976), American judokaEllen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939), American classical music composer