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Ellen

American  
[el-uhn] / ˈɛl ən /
Or Ellin

noun

  1. Mount, a mountain in S Utah. 11,522 feet (3,514 meters).

  2. a female given name, form of Helen.


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"We have to continue the evolution of the Lionesses," record goalscorer Ellen White told the Women's Football Weekly podcast.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Ellen Meade is research professor of economics at Duke University and a member of the Dallas Fed’s Academic Advisory Council.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Former Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said she never used a security detail during her 12 years in office, which ended in 2024.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

“A fund’s benchmark should give you a sense of the risk framework the manager’s going to invest in,” says Mary Ellen Stanek, a veteran fixed-income investor and president of the Baird group of bond funds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

I didn’t want to face Rae Ellen inside the store, so I waited outside on the sagging bench near the gas pumps.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

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