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Meaning of Ellen

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Ellen is an English name for girls.
The meaning is `light, torch, sunray`
The name Ellen is most commonly given to Norwegian girls. (6 times more often than to American girls.)

It is short for:

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Elle

What do they use in other countries?

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Lian (Chinese)
Ilya (Russian)
Lior
Elon
El
Elia (Italian)
Iliane
Ilane
Ilia (German, English)
Elin (Icelandic)
Nore (Dutch)
Elyn
Eliana (Italian, Spanish)
Eliane (French)
Elja
Eijah
Aileen (German, English)
Eleanor (English)
Leonor (Spanish, Portuguese)
Lena (Scandinavian, German, Russian)

The name sounds like:

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Eleen, Illene, Ileen, Eileen, Allene, Alleen, Aleen, Allyn, Allena, Eilleen, Eilin, Eilene, Eilena, Eilean, Ellane, Elaene, Eleena, Ellina, Ellona, Oleen, Olwen

See also:

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Ella, Elnora, Suellen, Eleanor, Elen, Olena, Eilidh, Ileana, Jelena, Elena, Léan, Ilona, Ili, Ilonka, Ilka, Helena, Leni, Lene, Helene, Hélène, Elina, Eliina, Elaine

Statistics

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This graph shows how many babies are given the name Ellen each year in the United States. [Choose another country]

Thanks to Crossword Clues: English girl name