Name: Ellen
Gender: Female
Usage: Ellen is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Ellen are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Ellen across the world, see Helen.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Ellen is: Torch, Light.
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Numerology of the first name Ellen: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name Ellen is ranked on the 476th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 1325700 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.019% of the population. The name Ellen has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Ellen for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Ellen is 18 August.
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History and Origin
Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor and Helen. Ellen can be traced back to Ancient Greece, where it translates as "sun-ray, lightness." Ellen is the 555th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden (2004).
English: originally a variant of Helen, although now no longer associated with that name. Initial H- tended to be added and dropped rather capriciously, leading to many doublets (cf. e.g. Esther and Hester; Éloise and Héloïse).
Pet form: Nell.
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