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Ellen

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See also: ellen and ellen-

English

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Etymology

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Medieval English variant of Helen, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē); also used as a variant of Eleanor or a feminine counterpart to Elliot.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ellen

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
    • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, []”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
      And how doth my cousin, your bedfellow? and your fairest daughter and mine, my god-daughter Ellen?
    • 1928, Agatha Christie, The Mystery of the Blue Train:
      "Is her name Ellen or Helen, Miss Viner? I thought - "
      Miss Viner closed her eyes.
      "I can sound my h's, dear, as well as anyone, but Helen is not a suitable name for a servant. I don't know what the mothers in the lower classes are coming to nowadays."

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Hawaiian: ʻElena

Translations

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Danish

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Proper noun

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Ellen

  1. a female given name, variant of Helene

References

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  • [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 49 325 females with the given name Ellen have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May 2011.

Estonian

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Proper noun

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Ellen

  1. a female given name, variant of Helena

Finnish

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Etymology

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From English Ellen and Danish Ellen.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ellen

  1. a female given name
    • 1985, Simo Hämäläinen, Jätkät, Weilin + Göös, →ISBN, page 158:
      ―Minä olen Ellen.
      ―Nätti nimi. Ruohtalainen.
      ―Eikä ole.
      ―Ei sitten, ellet tykkää.
      ―I'm Ellen.
      ―Nice name. Swedish one.
      ―No it isn't.
      ―Okay, if you don't like that.

Declension

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Inflection of Ellen (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Ellen Ellenit
genitive Ellenin Ellenien
partitive Elleniä Ellenejä
illative Elleniin Elleneihin
singular plural
nominative Ellen Ellenit
accusative nom. Ellen Ellenit
gen. Ellenin
genitive Ellenin Ellenien
partitive Elleniä Ellenejä
inessive Ellenissä Elleneissä
elative Ellenistä Elleneistä
illative Elleniin Elleneihin
adessive Ellenillä Elleneillä
ablative Elleniltä Elleneiltä
allative Ellenille Elleneille
essive Elleninä Elleneinä
translative Elleniksi Elleneiksi
abessive Ellenittä Elleneittä
instructive Ellenein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Ellen (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ellenini Ellenini
accusative nom. Ellenini Ellenini
gen. Ellenini
genitive Ellenini Ellenieni
partitive Elleniäni Ellenejäni
inessive Ellenissäni Elleneissäni
elative Ellenistäni Elleneistäni
illative Elleniini Elleneihini
adessive Ellenilläni Elleneilläni
ablative Elleniltäni Elleneiltäni
allative Ellenilleni Elleneilleni
essive Elleninäni Elleneinäni
translative Ellenikseni Elleneikseni
abessive Ellenittäni Elleneittäni
instructive
comitative Elleneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Ellenisi Ellenisi
accusative nom. Ellenisi Ellenisi
gen. Ellenisi
genitive Ellenisi Elleniesi
partitive Elleniäsi Ellenejäsi
inessive Ellenissäsi Elleneissäsi
elative Ellenistäsi Elleneistäsi
illative Elleniisi Elleneihisi
adessive Ellenilläsi Elleneilläsi
ablative Elleniltäsi Elleneiltäsi
allative Ellenillesi Elleneillesi
essive Elleninäsi Elleneinäsi
translative Elleniksesi Elleneiksesi
abessive Ellenittäsi Elleneittäsi
instructive
comitative Elleneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Ellenimme Ellenimme
accusative nom. Ellenimme Ellenimme
gen. Ellenimme
genitive Ellenimme Elleniemme
partitive Elleniämme Ellenejämme
inessive Ellenissämme Elleneissämme
elative Ellenistämme Elleneistämme
illative Elleniimme Elleneihimme
adessive Ellenillämme Elleneillämme
ablative Elleniltämme Elleneiltämme
allative Ellenillemme Elleneillemme
essive Elleninämme Elleneinämme
translative Elleniksemme Elleneiksemme
abessive Ellenittämme Elleneittämme
instructive
comitative Elleneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Elleninne Elleninne
accusative nom. Elleninne Elleninne
gen. Elleninne
genitive Elleninne Ellenienne
partitive Elleniänne Ellenejänne
inessive Ellenissänne Elleneissänne
elative Ellenistänne Elleneistänne
illative Elleniinne Elleneihinne
adessive Ellenillänne Elleneillänne
ablative Elleniltänne Elleneiltänne
allative Ellenillenne Elleneillenne
essive Elleninänne Elleneinänne
translative Elleniksenne Elleneiksenne
abessive Ellenittänne Elleneittänne
instructive
comitative Elleneinenne

Statistics

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  • Ellen is the 146th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 4,802 female individuals (and as a middle name to 7,314 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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Ellen

  1. plural of Elle

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English Ellen and Danish Ellen.

Proper noun

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Ellen

  1. a female given name

Norwegian

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Etymology

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Danish and Norwegian variant of Helene. Later also borrowed from English Ellen.

Proper noun

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Ellen

  1. a female given name
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References

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  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 13 663 females with the given name Ellen living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Ellen and Danish Ellen.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ellen c (genitive Ellens)

  1. a female given name