Ellen

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Meaning of Ellen: Name Ellen in the English origin, means Variant of Helen; bright, shining light. Name Ellen is of English origin and is a Girl name. People with name Ellen are usually Christianity by religion.

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Variant of Helen; bright, shining light

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Girl

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Famous people with name Ellen (Namesakes)

Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress.
Ellen Ochoa

Ellen L. Ochoa (born May 10, 1958) is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center.
Ellen Barkin
Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an American actress and producer.
Ellen Muth
Ellen Muth (born March 6, 1981) is an American actress, known for her role as Georgia "George" Lass in Showtime's series Dead Like Me.
Ellen Foley
Ellen Foley (born June 5, 1951) is an American singer and actress who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the sitcom Night Court.
Ellen Pompeo

Ellen Kathleen Pompeo (born November 10, 1969) is an American actress, director, and producer.
Ellen Page

Ellen Grace Philpotts-Page (born February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actress and producer.
Ellen Greene
Ellen Greene (born February 22, 1951) is an American singer and actress.
Ellen Cleghorne
Ellen Cleghorne (born November 29, 1965) is an American actress and comedian, best known as a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1991 to 1995.
Ellen Sandweiss
Ellen Sandweiss (born December 30, 1958) is an American actress.
Ellen Travolta
Ellen M. Travolta (born October 6, 1939) is an American actress.
Ellen Reid

Ellen Lorraine Reid (born 14 July 1966) is a Canadian musician.
Ellen Geer
Ellen Ware Geer (born August 29, 1941) is an American actress, professor, and theatre director.
Ellen Hopkins
Ellen Louise Hopkins (born March 26, 1955) is a novelist who has published several New York Times bestselling novels that are popular among the teenage and young adult audience.
Ellen Whitaker
Ellen Crawford
Ellen Ann Crawford (born April 29, 1951) is an American actress.
Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen Lee DeGeneres ( də-JEN-ər-əs; born January 26, 1958) is an American comedian, television host, actress, writer, and producer.
Ellen Adarna

Ellen Meriam Go Adarna (born April 2, 1988) is a Filipino actress, the eldest child and only daughter of a Filipina-Chinese mother and Spanish father.
Ellen Woglom
Ellen Woglom is an American actress best known for such films and television series as Crash, Outlaw, Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, Hated, April Showers and Californication.
In 2017, she joined the cast of Marvel's Inhumans.

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Pythagorean Numerology (Western Numerology) - 3

Baby Name Ellen Numerology: Name Ellen has a number value of 3 as per Pythagorean Numerology (Western Numerology), its advised that you also calculate 'number value' of name by entering full name in our Name Numerology Calculator.