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[ 2 syll. el-lis, ell-is ] The boy name Ellis is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is EHLahS †. Ellis is used chiefly in the English and Welsh languages, and its origin is Hebrew, Welsh, and English. From English roots, its meaning is my God is Yahweh - in this context, Ellis can be used in the English language. The first name is derived from the surname, which is itself from the first name Elias and ultimately Elijah. The first name has been used by English speakers since the 15th century. See Ellis for more info. Ellis is a variant of the name Elias (English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Czech, Dutch, Spanish, and Yiddish) in the English language. Ellis is also a variant of the name Elijah (English). Ellis is also a variant of the name Elisud (Welsh) in the English and Welsh languages.
Ellis has 17 variants that are used in both English and other languages. Variants used in English include Eli (used in Hebrew and Yiddish as well), Elias (used in Finnish, German, Greek, Hungarian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Czech, Dutch, Spanish, and Yiddish as well), Elie (used in French as well), Elis (used in Scandinavian as well), and Ellison. Foreign variants of Ellis include Eelia (Russian), Eelusha (Russian), Elek (Hungarian and Polish), Elia (Dutch, German, Italian, and Zuni), Eliasz (Polish), Elice, Elihu (French, Scandinavian, and Yiddish), Elija (German and Yiddish), Ellys, Elya (Czech), Ilias (Greek), and Ilya (Russian and Czech). Ellis is a classic favorite. At present it is still somewhat popular as a baby name for boys, though to a lesser extent than it was previously. At the modest height of its usage in 1903, 0.085% of baby boys were given the name Ellis. Its ranking then was #160. The baby name has since markedly fallen in popularity, and it is of occasional use in recent years. In 2008, its usage was only 0.013% and its ranking #798. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Ellis, Elijah was the most widely used. In 2008, its use outnumbered Ellis' by 48 times. Ellis has in the past century been predominantly given to boys. Baby names that sound like Ellis include Elek (Hungarian and Polish), Elis (Scandinavian and English), Eljah, Eljas (Finnish), Eljasz (Polish), Ellys, Elsu, Elyas, Eleisha (Hebrew), Elexis, Elija (German and Yiddish), Elijah (English), Elischa (German), Eliseo (Italian and Spanish), Elisha (English and Hebrew), Eliyas, Ellias, Ailesh (Indian), Ales (Czech), and Eligio (Italian and Spanish).
† Pronunciation for Ellis: EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
