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What does Ennis mean?
Ennis 
as a boys' name (also used as girls' name Ennis) is of Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Ennis is "island". From inis (see Innes). Also a variant of the Scottish Gaelic name Angus. The name of a town, built on an island, in County Clare. Also form of Eneas.
ENDS WITH -is
Variations
VARIANT Enis
RELATED FORMS VIA ANGUS, INNES Angie, Anngus, Ines, Inness, Innis, Inniss
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Eunis, ..
(female) Endi, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ennis Syrus (E.S.), ..
How popular is Ennis?
Ennis is a rare given name for men but a very popular surname for all people (#2061 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Ennis reached its highest position of #771 in the U.S. in the 1900s, but is not found in the list at the moment. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Angus (#1813 FROM RECENT DATA) and Innes are the prominent varying forms of Ennis rated in the Top 2000. Adoption of these forms of Ennis reached its peak during 1880-1889 (AVERAGE #1080) and is now much diminished.
Similar Names
Ennis is pronounced similarly to Aineis, Einwys, Enneas, Enneis, Enneiss, Enos▼, Ioanis, Ioannis, Yannis and Yonas. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Denis▼, Dennis▼, Eldis, Elis, Ellis▲, Elois, Elvis, Enne, Ennes, Ennio, Enno, Enzio, Ernie▼, Ernin and Tannis. These names tend to be more frequently used than Ennis.
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