Ellen
See also: ellen and ellen-
English
Etymology
Medieval English variant of Helen, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē); also used as a variant of Eleanor or a feminine counterpart to Elliot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛl.ən/, /ˈɛl.ɪn/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlən
Proper noun
Ellen
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- c. 1596–1599, 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 606515358, [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."
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Descendants
- → Hawaiian: ʻElena
Translations
female given name
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Danish
Proper noun
Ellen
- a female given name, variant of Helene
References
- 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
Proper noun
Ellen
- a female given name, variant of Helena
Finnish
Etymology
From English Ellen and Danish Ellen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈelːen/, [ˈe̞lːe̞n]
- Rhymes: -elːen
- Syllabification(key): El‧len
Proper noun
Ellen
- 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.
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Declension
| 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 | |
| instructive | — | Ellenein | |
| abessive | Ellenittä | Elleneittä | |
| comitative | — | Elleneineen | |
| Possessive forms of Ellen (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Ellenini | Ellenimme |
| 2nd person | Ellenisi | Elleninne |
| 3rd person | Elleninsä | |
German
Noun
Ellen
- plural of Elle
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English Ellen and Danish Ellen.
Proper noun
Ellen
- a female given name
Norwegian
Etymology
Danish and Norwegian variant of Helene. Later also borrowed from English Ellen.
Proper noun
Ellen
- a female given name
Related terms
- Elin
References
- Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
- 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
Etymology
Borrowed from English Ellen and Danish Ellen.
Proper noun
Ellen c (genitive Ellens)
- a female given name