What does Ellis mean?

Ellis ▲ as a girls' name (also used more generally as boys' name Ellis) is pronounced el-EECE. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Ellis is "Jehovah is God". Anglicization of Elias, from Elijah, so shares the same source with Elliot. Ellis Bell was the pseudonym used by Emily Brontë; when she first began publishing, she chose a name that could be considered masculine. Use of Ellis as a girl's name is perhaps because of the popularity of Ellie or the similarity in pronunciation to Alice.

STARTS/ENDS WITH El-, -is

Variations

VARIANTS Elice, Elis, Ellice, Ellyce, Elyce

OTHER FORMS VIA ALICE, ELLIE Ailie, Aillie, Alais, Alaisa, Ali▼, Alie, Alis, Alisa▼, Alise, Alisz, Aliz, Alla, Alles, Alless, Alli▼, Allice, Allie, Allis, Allison, Alliss, Allissa, Allisun, Ally▼, Allys, Allyse, Alys, Alyss, Elissa, Elke, Elle▲, Ellee, Elli, Ellie▲, Ellissa, Ellsa, Elly, Elsa▼

MASCULINE FORMS Elias, Elijah, Elisud

How popular is Ellis?

Ellis is a somewhat prominent first name for females (#4160 out of 4276, Top 97%) and an even more prominent last name for all people (#121 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Similar Names

Ellis▲ is pronounced similarly to Ailis, Aloise, Eilis, Eilise, Elease, Eleese, Eliese, Elise▲, Elisse, Eliz, Elize, Ellesse, Ellyse, Eloise▲, Elouise, Eloyse, Elyse▲, Elysse, Ilise, Wallis, Walliss and Wallys. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aldis, Collis, Dallis, Delis, Dellis, Dylis, Dyllis, Edlin, Edris, Eilin, Eilish, Elain, Eleisa, Elfie, Eli, Elia▲, Elin, Elisa▲, Elish, Elkie, Ella, Ellan, Ellba, Ellen▼, Ellga, Ellia, Ellin, Ellina, Ellisha, Ellita, Elliza, Ellke, Ellma, Ellon, Ellse, Ellsi, Ellyn, Elois, Eloisa, Els, Elsie▼, Elvi, Elvia, Elvie, Elvis, Ennis, Eris, Evlin, Felis, Filis, Fillis, Fyllis and Hollis. These names tend to be less commonly used than Ellis.