Her last name

Such minor details are of no importance when you're overflowing with pride!

I doubt it. That's never occurred to me, anyway, and probably not to many others.

Maybe if someone dislikes her a lot, it might occur to them, same way people do that with the names of other celebrities they dislike a lot.

FWIW, I've met her, and she was friendly and humble.

She had a standup special (like 20 years ago) where she mentioned how people who thought they were really clever would call her Ellen Degenerate, like she's never heard that one before. She noted how pathetic and desperate those people are...

I would have changed my name if it was as strange as Ellen's.

It sounds more like Ellen TheGenerous. Which is pretty apt.

I always wondered about her last name. If it were me I'd change it.

I'm sure she realized this well over 25 years ago when Howard Stern repeatedly called her Ellen Degenerate on his show a million times in the 1990s, and his fans heckled her.

I thought it sounded more like Ellen the Generic