How to write “Ellen” in Korean
엘런 el-leon
What Korean friends call you
- 엘런아 el-leo-na — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 엘런 씨 el-leon-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Ellen
- 엘런 38 (66%)
- 엘렌 20 (34%)
Korean labels of 58 people named Ellen on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Ellen, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf — 엘런 존슨설리프
- Ellen DeGeneres — 엘런 디제너러스
- Ellen Burstyn — 엘런 버스틴
- Ellen G. White — 엘런 화이트
78,448 babies were named Ellen in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 579th most common name.
Block by block
- 엘 = ㅇ + ㅔ + ㄹ · 7 strokes
Also in 엘: Daniel 다니엘 · Samuel 사무엘 · Elizabeth 엘리자베스
- 런 = ㄹ + ㅓ + ㄴ · 6 strokes
Also in 런: Dylan 딜런 · Cameron 캐머런 · Aaron 애런
엘런 takes 13 strokes in all.
More names: Helen 헬렌 · Serenity 세레니티 · Cesar 세사르 · Monique 모니크 · Harold 해럴드
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