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Ellen

17 replies

lawrencecostin · 14/09/2018 08:58

What do people think of Ellen. I know many prefer Helen, but didn't Ellen come first?

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QueenOfMyWorld · 14/09/2018 09:05

Degeneres comes to mind

Peachbubble · 14/09/2018 09:22

I prefer Ellen to Helen, but to me it just falls into the Ella, Ellie category, and there are so many of those.

violeticecream · 14/09/2018 09:27

Lovely name

PeachQueen · 14/09/2018 09:36

Fab name 👍

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 14/09/2018 10:03

Ellen is beautiful and classy, great name choice.

EthelThePiratesDaughter · 14/09/2018 12:52

I think it's lovely and underused.

glagdy · 14/09/2018 12:53

I know three Ellens (in the States) and they're all very special people.

LeeMiller · 14/09/2018 14:39

Prefer Ellen to Helen as there were so many of the latter at school with me in the 80s. Nell is a nice diminutive.

Fooferella · 14/09/2018 14:41

Lovely, classic, not overused.

ladycarlotta · 14/09/2018 14:45

I think Ellen and Helen are both just anglicisations of Eleni. Ellen maybe later than Helen.

I really like it - it's a bit plainer/more elegant than Ellie or Ella which I find a bit cute and fluffy.

Shadow1234 · 14/09/2018 23:17

Lovely name. Also like Eleanor

RoseMartha · 14/09/2018 23:18

Very nice

ScoobyGangMember · 14/09/2018 23:22

Lovely.

isabella2 · 14/09/2018 23:25

I really like it.

MadMaryBoddington · 15/09/2018 21:25

Lovely. I really like Helen too.

abos · 15/09/2018 21:59

I like it 😊

DramaAlpaca · 15/09/2018 22:07

I really don't like Ellen, I find it drab and frumpy. Sorry.

Helen is nicer.

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