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What does Ellis mean?
Ellis 
▲ as a boys' name (also used less widely as girls' name Ellis) is pronounced EL-iss. 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. Modern use is often a transferred use of the surname. In Wales the name is used as an anglicized form of the Old Welsh name Elisud, which derives from elus meaning "kind, benevolent". Ellis Bell was the pseudonym used by Emily Brontė; when she first began publishing, she chose a name that could be considered masculine.
Variations
RELATED FORMS VIA ELIAS, ELIJAH, ELLIOT Eelia, Eli▲, Elia, Elias▲, Eliasz, Elice, Elie, Elihu, Elija, Eliot, Elis, Eljah, Eljasz, Ellice, Elliot▲, Elliott▲, Ely, Elyas, Elyot, Ilia, Ilie, Ilyas
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Erlis, ..
(female) Eles, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ellis Simon (E.S.), ..
How popular is Ellis?
Ellis is a very prominent first name for men (#423 out of 1220, Top 35%) and also a very prominent surname for all people (#121 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Ellis reached its highest rank of #171 in the U.S. during the years 1890-1899, and is at #317 currently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Eli (#58 A YEAR AGO), Elias (#67), Elie, Elihu, Elija, Elijah (#7), Eliot (#1085), Elis, Elliot (#162), Elliott (#168), Ely (#1950), Elyas (#1472) and Ilyas (#1558) are the prominent related forms of Ellis (#317). Other variants, like Ellice, are seldom used. Usage of these forms of Ellis reached its most widespread in the year 2017 (AVERAGE #1078) and has remained as conventional to this day (#1060, ▼0.5%). The trendier boy names among these are Eli, Elias, Elijah, Elliot, Elliott and Ellis.
Similar Names
Ellis▲ is alike in pronunciation to Aloys, Alwis, Ilias, Wallas, Wallis, Willis▼ and Williss. Other recommended sound-alike names are Albis, Aldis, Algis, Alois▼, Alvis, Blais, Callis, Colis, Collis, Dallis, Edlin, Eilif, Eldin, Eldis, Elgin, Eliso, Eliu, Eljin, Ellair, Ellar, Ellison, Elmir, Eloi, Elois, Elvin▼, Elvio, Elvis, Elviss (see Elvis), Elvys, Elwin▼, Emlin, Enis, Ennis, Erlie, Gillis, Hollis▼, Tallis and Tullis. These names tend to be less commonly used than Ellis.
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