Shot on location in cities across the U.S., Jail follows prison inmates from their initial booking through their first moments behind bars.
This article is about people named Ellen. For other uses, see Ellen (disambiguation). Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor and Helen. Ellen is the 666th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden (2004). People named Ellen include: Ellen AlakÃ¼la (1927â2011), Estonian actress.
English equivalents: Ellen, Helen, Helena. Derived from the Greek name HelÃ©ne, Latinized into Helena or Helene. Taken from hele meaning splendor, vigor of the sun.. In Greek mythology Helen was the daughter of Zeus and Leda, whose kidnapping by Paris was the cause of the Trojan War. One of her name days is on August 18 - in memory of St. Flavia Julia Helena Augusta, mother of Constantine the Great.