Ellen

EH-lun

English variation of Helen

"torch; shining light"

Updated Wed Oct 22 2025

Ellen Origin and Meaning

Variation of Eleanor

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Ellen Rosen
main character in "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry
Ellen Josephine Hickle
character on TV's "The Adventures of Pete & Pete"
Ellen Robillard O'Hara
character in book/film "Gone with the Wind"
Ellen Griswold
character in the National Lampoon movies
Ellen Mackenzie Fraser
mother of James “Jamie” Alexander Malcolm Mackenzie Fraser in the TV series “Outlander”
Ellen "Ellie" Degler (nee Sattler)
character in "Jurassic Park" series
"Ellen Foster
" 1987 novel by Kaye Gibbons and its main character
Ellen Louise Ripley
main character in the 'Alien' franchise.
Ellen Harvelle
character on TV's "Supernatural "
Ellen
a main character in Ken Follett's "The Pillars of Earth"
Ellen Love
character on TV's "Mr. Selfridge"
Ellen Raven
character in Jenny Nimmo's "The Children of the Red King" series
Ellen
character in "Angus, Thongs and the Full Frontal Snogging" by Louise Rennison
Ellen Kaye
character in the film "Assassin's Creed"
Ellen Carr
main character in Eva Ibbotson's novel "A Song for Summer"
Ellen "Eli"
main character of film "To the Bone"
Ellen
unseen character in the Garfield comic strip by Jim Davis, Jon Arbuckle would often ask Ellen out for a date, over the phone, she was seen in
Ellen Landry
Human Female Starfleet Officer, on the hit TV series, Star Trek: Discovery, Landry was played by actress Rekha Sharma
Ellen Hill
recurring character on TV's "Madam Secretary"