Ellen Forename
976th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 934,874 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands
Ellen Forename Definition:
A female name. the earlier English form of Helen (q.v.), now treated as an independent name. In medieval records Helen usually appears as Elen or Elena, Elene, Elin or Ellin, &c., and these forms, together with the diminutive Elot and Ellot, are found as late as the 17th C.
Read More About This ForenameEllen Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 339,428 | 1:1,068 | 232 |
| Germany | 100% | 85,946 | 1:1,125 | 253 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 65,163 | 1:259 | 29 |
| Brazil | 100% | 64,841 | 1:3,304 | 474 |
| Malawi | 100% | 47,423 | 1:361 | 65 |
| Philippines | 99% | 42,368 | 1:2,502 | 497 |
| England | 100% | 40,025 | 1:1,389 | 271 |
| South Africa | 99% | 28,266 | 1:1,929 | 306 |
| Ghana | 100% | 25,789 | 1:1,046 | 223 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 25,748 | 1:599 | 92 |
| Canada | 100% | 19,186 | 1:1,727 | 366 |
| Norway | 100% | 17,534 | 1:293 | 63 |
| Belgium | 100% | 13,587 | 1:846 | 197 |
| Denmark | - | 11,680 | 1:484 | 116 |
| Sweden | 100% | 9,588 | 1:1,028 | 172 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 9,349 | 1:27,593 | 3,763 |
| Ireland | 100% | 8,507 | 1:546 | 120 |
| Scotland | 100% | 6,895 | 1:776 | 164 |
| Australia | - | 6,096 | 1:2,240 | 400 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 5,338 | 1:345 | 82 |
| Zambia | - | 4,998 | 1:3,172 | 515 |
| Liberia | 100% | 4,626 | 1:954 | 183 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4,372 | 1:12,074 | 1,464 |
| Israel | 68% | 3,243 | 1:2,591 | 509 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 2,957 | 1:196 | 24 |
| Jamaica | - | 2,624 | 1:1,099 | 279 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,580 | 1:1,199 | 265 |
| China | - | 2,380 | 1:573,973 | 27,618 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 1,934 | 1:5,880 | 1,009 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,825 | 1:2,486 | 441 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,778 | 1:51,688 | 2,927 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1,627 | 1:25,173 | 1,894 |
| Sudan | - | 1,586 | 1:23,838 | 2,295 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,457 | 1:21,148 | 2,787 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1,435 | 1:7,426 | 394 |
| Gambia | - | 1,384 | 1:1,392 | 243 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,331 | 1:4,120 | 531 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 1,310 | 1:135,545 | 6,816 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,213 | 1:57,762 | 5,932 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,053 | 1:7,800 | 896 |
| Estonia | 100% | 942 | 1:1,396 | 324 |
| Namibia | - | 903 | 1:2,662 | 477 |
| Botswana | 100% | 902 | 1:2,422 | 433 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 739 | 1:11,032 | 1,119 |
| France | 100% | 703 | 1:94,552 | 2,135 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 664 | 1:45,858 | 3,859 |
| Austria | 100% | 593 | 1:14,358 | 763 |
| Hong Kong | - | 477 | 1:16,253 | 1,547 |
| India | 87% | 385 | 1:3,155,527 | 141,178 |
| Bahamas | - | 370 | 1:1,079 | 274 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Swaziland | - | 359 | 1:3,622 | 724 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 356 | 1:66,769 | 9,162 |
| Chile | 99% | 353 | 1:49,879 | 1,779 |
| Kenya | 100% | 351 | 1:131,929 | 6,244 |
| Spain | 100% | 332 | 1:140,150 | 3,434 |
| Iceland | 95% | 321 | 1:1,140 | 231 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 303 | 1:34,427 | 2,662 |
| Peru | 94% | 289 | 1:110,005 | 3,799 |
| Fiji | - | 288 | 1:3,099 | 856 |
| Qatar | 100% | 286 | 1:8,285 | 1,329 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 276 | 1:7,391 | 1,083 |
| Russia | 99% | 258 | 1:559,045 | 5,866 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 240 | 1:125,841 | 5,315 |
| Singapore | 95% | 239 | 1:26,306 | 4,292 |
| Portugal | - | 231 | 1:45,069 | 1,625 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 219 | 1:337,112 | 13,078 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 192 | 1:443 | 116 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 189 | 1:37,841 | 3,543 |
| Suriname | 100% | 181 | 1:3,054 | 705 |
| Italy | 100% | 174 | 1:350,932 | 4,172 |
| Greece | 100% | 169 | 1:64,701 | 2,078 |
| Mexico | 97% | 167 | 1:743,380 | 6,932 |
| Japan | - | 163 | 1:785,191 | 13,595 |
| Guyana | 100% | 161 | 1:4,741 | 868 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 159 | 1:8,562 | 1,315 |
| Kuwait | - | 152 | 1:24,903 | 2,523 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| Colombia | 100% | 134 | 1:356,559 | 6,414 |
| Vanuatu | - | 133 | 1:1,968 | 489 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 132 | 1:122,034 | 2,411 |
| Costa Rica | 98% | 130 | 1:36,677 | 1,881 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 126 | 1:871 | 164 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 121 | 1:507 | 73 |
| Greenland | - | 109 | 1:517 | 111 |
| Bahrain | - | 104 | 1:12,968 | 2,016 |
| Argentina | 100% | 93 | 1:459,927 | 3,551 |
| South Korea | - | 84 | 1:66,005 | 3,960 |
| Ecuador | - | 82 | 1:216,182 | 3,573 |
| Belize | 100% | 78 | 1:4,542 | 938 |
| Jersey | - | 75 | 1:1,333 | 286 |
| Guam | - | 70 | 1:2,295 | 494 |
| Barbados | - | 65 | 1:4,458 | 718 |
| Micronesia | - | 58 | 1:1,836 | 279 |
| Honduras | 100% | 56 | 1:157,455 | 4,123 |
| Bermuda | - | 53 | 1:1,223 | 273 |
| Panama | 100% | 53 | 1:73,709 | 4,144 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 52 | 1:65,916 | 2,085 |
| Nicaragua | 87% | 48 | 1:125,382 | 3,955 |
| Armenia | 100% | 42 | 1:69,494 | 2,139 |
| Dominica | - | 40 | 1:1,887 | 307 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 33 | 1:107,585 | 1,960 |
| Grenada | 95% | 32 | 1:3,379 | 620 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 32 | 1:1,708 | 366 |
| Cameroon | 83% | 31 | 1:697,113 | 20,420 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 30 | 1:1,829 | 427 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 30 | 1:1,516,664 | 4,310 |
| Aruba | - | 29 | 1:3,579 | 715 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 28 | 1:3,985 | 727 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 27 | 1:657,291 | 8,572 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 26 | 1:3,823 | 748 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 23 | 1:106,903 | 2,955 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 22 | 1:39,594 | 1,941 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 22 | 1:12,280 | 1,140 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 22 | 1:328,946 | 4,098 |
| Hungary | 100% | 19 | 1:515,356 | 1,894 |
| Iraq | - | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 19 | 1:9,359 | 1,306 |
| Curaçao | - | 18 | 1:8,656 | 603 |
| Belarus | 100% | 17 | 1:557,787 | 3,467 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Turkey | 100% | 17 | 1:4,576,571 | 21,604 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 16 | 1:5,788,945 | 3,683 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 15 | 1:3,275 | 583 |
| Jordan | - | 15 | 1:588,452 | 4,159 |
| Moldova | - | 14 | 1:254,367 | 2,089 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 12 | 1:1,356,111 | 18,849 |
| Macau | - | 12 | 1:50,684 | 561 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 12 | 1:442,505 | 2,107 |
| American Samoa | - | 11 | 1:5,077 | 963 |
| Croatia | 100% | 9 | 1:468,564 | 5,419 |
| El Salvador | - | 9 | 1:704,643 | 5,397 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Palau | - | 9 | 1:2,412 | 36 |
| Poland | 93% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 8 | 1:70,506 | 2,305 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 8 | 1:4,338 | 950 |
| Cape Verde | - | 6 | 1:88,192 | 3,143 |
| Marshall Islands | 83% | 6 | 1:8,538 | 1,253 |
| Mauritius | - | 6 | 1:216,297 | 4,288 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,928,589 | 20,785 |
| Bolivia | - | 5 | 1:2,120,281 | 4,345 |
| Georgia | 100% | 5 | 1:747,693 | 11,698 |
| Romania | - | 5 | 1:4,010,395 | 28,162 |
| Eritrea | - | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 4 | 1:48,589,420 | 158,924 |
| Senegal | - | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Lebanon | - | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Oman | - | 3 | 1:1,369,556 | 7,879 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Kosovo | - | 2 | 1:930,720 | 16,593 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Tajikistan | - | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
The alternate forms: Éllen (25), Ellén (5) & Ellèn (1) are calculated separately.
Ellen (8,910) may also be a surname.
Ellen Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the earlier English form of Helen (q.v.), now treated as an independent name. In medieval records Helen usually appears as Elen or Elena, Elene, Elin or Ellin, &c., and these forms, together with the diminutive Elot and Ellot, are found as late as the 17th C. Ellen gradually fell out of upper-class use, and Charlotte Mary Yonge, History of ChristianNames, 2 vols. 1863. Revised ed. 1884 seems to regard it as a Scotticism; but it survived among the poorer classes in England and had some revival of popularity in the later 19th C.
Elena Curia Regis Rolls 1213-15, Feudal Aids 1346. Elene Lincs 1529. Ellene Lyford 1655. Ellyn Records of St. Mary at Hill, 1420-1559 (E.E.T.S. 125-8) 1507. Elen, Ellin Chester 1561. Elota, Ellota Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Scottish (hence English) pronunciation of Helen: the change is not for the better.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Some consider this the same as Helen, and indeed in Spanish Helen and Ellen are both represented by Elena. A correspondent of N. Q. says the name Ellen has no possible connexion with Helen, which is older by a thousand years at least, and that Ellen is the feminine of Alain, Alan, or Allan. It may, however, be the same as Ailean.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Teutonic (feminine) - Fruitful.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Ellen Forename Popularity
Ellen Demographics
Average Ellen Salary in
United States
$47,218 USD
Per year
Rank:
157,133 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.100048
Rank: 207 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
108.48%
Sample size: 174,669 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Ellen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ellen in the Russian language | ||
| Эллен | ellen | - |
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