The name Ellen is of Greek origin and it means, sunray and shining light. It is an English variant of the name Helen.
What Does The Name Ellen Mean?
My name is Ellen. I've been trying to find out what it means. So far I've looked at loads of sites and they all say thing like Light, Sunny and Shinning. It's origin is greek and it's a varient of the name Helen. If you know any more than I do leave a comment.
It means shining light or sun ray. It is one of 80 variants of the greek name helen,who was supposedly the most beautiful woman in the world and started the trojan war