Ellen
English
Etymology
Medieval English variant of Helen, from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē); also used as a variant of Eleanor.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ellen
- 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."
Descendants
- → Hawaiian: ʻElena
Translations
female given name
Danish
Proper noun
Ellen
- a female given name, variant of Helene.
References
- [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
Proper noun
Ellen
- a female given name, variant of Helena.
Finnish
Etymology
From English Ellen and Danish Ellen.
Pronunciation
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.
- 1985 Simo Hämäläinen, Jätkät, Weilin + Göös, →ISBN, page 158:
Declension
Inflection of Ellen (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
German
Noun
Ellen
Proper noun
Ellen
- a female given name of English and Danish origin.
Norwegian
Etymology
Danish and Norwegian variant of Helene. Later also borrowed from English Ellen.
Proper noun
Ellen
- a female given name.
Related terms
References
- 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
Proper noun
Ellen c (genitive Ellens)
- a female given name of English and Danish origin.
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- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɛlən
- English lemmas
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- English female given names
- English female given names from Ancient Greek
- English terms with quotations
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish given names
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- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian proper nouns
- Estonian given names
- Estonian female given names
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish terms derived from Danish
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/elːen
- Rhymes:Finnish/elːen/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish given names
- Finnish female given names
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- German non-lemma forms
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