Ellis

Meanings

1. An English surname originating as a patronymic from Elis, the Middle English form of Elijah.
2. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic] and A male given name from Welsh, an anglicization of Elisedd.
3. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
4. A locale in the United States:
5. An unincorporated community in Stockton Township, Greene County, Indiana; named for politician William Ellis Niblack.
6. An unincorporated community in Scott Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
7. A city in Ellis County, Kansas; named for American Civil War veteran George Ellis.
8. A township in Cheboygan County, Michigan.
9. An unincorporated community in Byron Township, Cass County, Minnesota.
10. An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri.
11. An unincorporated community in Gage County, Nebraska; named for banker John R. Ellis.
12. An unincorporated community in Muskingum County, Ohio; named for a local family.

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Elis, an Old French form of Elias. Compare Elijah, Lias, Ely. Also sometimes from the Elice, a pet form of Elizabeth. * As a Welsh surname, shortened from the personal name Elisse, Elisedd, from the archaic elus (“benevolent, kind”).