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Ellis
Pronounced /ˈɛ.lɪs/
Rank in 2024
#273
Born in 2024
1,250
Peak year
2024 · #273
Origin
Welsh
Also recorded for girls:404 in 2024 (#695)
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,250 boys were named Ellis, about 1 in every 1,372.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 48,988 boys have been named Ellis since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Ellis per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.6Greatest1901–27
- 0.4Silent1928–45
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 10,449 babies, 0.62 per 1,000. Silent: 8,298 babies, 0.40 per 1,000. Boomers: 7,375 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,920 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Millennials: 2,578 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,945 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 11,689 babies, 0.54 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
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”).
- A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic] and A male given name from Welsh, an anglicization of Elisedd.
- A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Welsh
- Say it
- /ˈɛ.lɪs/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Ellis, CC BY-SA 4.0.