Ellis (given name)

Ellis

Pronunciation	/ˈɛlɪs/
Gender	Unisex
Language	English; Welsh
Origin
Languages	1. Welsh 2. English
Word/name	Ellis (surname)
Region of origin	Wales and England
Other names
Variant forms	Ellice Elis
Related names	Ellison, Ellie

Ellis is a given name of Welsh and English origin. Notable people with the given name include:

Men

• Ellis (Nez Perce) (c. 1810–1848), Native American leader
• Ellis Amburn (1933–2018), American book editor and biographer
• Ellis Bent (1783–1815), British-Australian lawyer and judge
• Ellis B. Bodron (1923–1997), American lawyer and politician
• Ellis Burks (born 1964), American Major League Baseball player
• Ellis Chapman (born 2001), English footballer
• Ellis Davies (politician) (1871–1939), Welsh politician and lawyer
• Ellis Davies (priest) (1872–1962), Welsh priest and antiquarian
• Ellis Reginald Davies (1929–2009), Welsh footballer
• Ellis Thomas Davies (1822–1895), Welsh Independent minister
• Ellis R. Dungan (1909–2001), American film director, best known for his work in Indian, particularly Tamil, films
• Ellis Genge (born 1995), English rugby union player
• Ellis Ellis-Griffith (1860–1926), British barrister and politician
• Ellis Griffith (priest) (died 1938), Welsh clergyman
• Ellis Hall (footballer) (1889–1949), English footballer
• Ellis Hall (musician) (born 1951), American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor
• Ellis Harrison (born 1994), Welsh footballer
• Ellis Hollins (born 1999), English actor
• Ellis Howard (born 1997), English actor
• Ellis Jenkins (born 1993), Welsh rugby union player
• Ellis N. Johnson Jr. (died 1902), American politician and educator from Ohio
• Ellis Johnson (baseball) (1892–1965), pitcher in Major League Baseball
• Ellis T. Johnson (1910–1990), American college football coach
• Ellis L. Johnson (1938–2024), American industrial engineer and mathematician
• Ellis Johnson (American football coach) (born 1951), American football coach
• Ellis Johnson (defensive lineman) (born 1973), American football defensive tackle
• Ellis Jones (disambiguation)
• Ellis Stanley Joseph (1872?–1938), Welsh-American animal trainer
• Ellis Kadoorie (1865–1922), Jewish entrepreneur and philanthropist prominent in Hong Kong
• Ellis Lloyd (disambiguation)
• Ellis Marsalis (disambiguation)
• Ellis Merriweather (born 1999), American football player
• Ellis Minns (1874–1953), British academic and archaeologist
• Ellis R. Ott (died 1981), American statistician and educator
• Ellis Owusu-Dabo (born 2000), Ghanaian academic and Pro Vice-Chancellor
• Ellis Paul (born 1965), American singer-songwriter and folk musician
• Ellis Rabb (1930–1998), American actor and director
• Ellis Roberts (disambiguation)
• Ellis Rubin (1925–2006), American attorney famous for handling lost causes
• Ellis Sandoz (1931–2003), American academic and political scientist
• Ellis Short (born 1960), American businessman, former owner and chairman of English football club Sunderland A.F.C.
• Ellis Simms (born 2001), English footballer
• Ellis Taylor (born 2003), English footballer
• Ellis Valentine (born 1954), American baseball player
• Ellis Wackett (1901–1984), Royal Australian Air Force senior engineer

Women

• Ellis Avery (1972–2019), American writer
• Ellis Baker (1898–1984), American actress
• Ellis Bendix (1907–1951), Danish actress
• Ellis Bell (1818–1848), pen name of English novelist and poet Emily Brontë
• Ellis Bermingham, Countess of Brandon (1708–1789), English-Irish aristocrat
• Ellis Brandon (1923–2024), Dutch veteran (Engelandvaarders)
• Ellis Credle (1902–1998), American writer
• Ellis Faas (1962–2020), Dutch make-up artist
• Ellis Jeffreys (1868?–1943), English actress
• Ellis Kaut (1920–2015), German author
• Ellis Knight (1757–1837), English gentlewoman, traveller, landscape artist, and writer of novels, verse, journals, and history
• Ellis MacDonnell, Countess of Antrim (c. 1583–1665), Irish aristocrat
• Ellis Meng, American professor
• Ellis Meredith (1865–1955), American suffragist, journalist and novelist
• Ellis Miller (born 2002), British slalom canoeist
• Ellis O'Reilly (born 1998), Irish-English female artistic gymnast
• Ellis Peters (1913–1995), English author
• Ellis Powell, an actress who played the lead role in Mrs Dale's Diary
• Ellis Rowan (1848–1922), Australian artist and botanical illustrator
• Ellis Reynolds Shipp (1847–1939), American doctor
• Ellis Wheeler (born 2001), American professional soccer player

Fictional characters

• Ellis Carver, a character from The Wire

See also

• Ellis (surname)
• Ellis (disambiguation)