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Ellis

  • /ˈɛ.lɪs/
  • /ˈɛ.ləs/

Rhymes with -ɛlɪs, -ɛləs

Where it comes from

* 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”).

proper noun Ellises · Ellice

  1. countable, uncountable An English surname originating as a patronymic from Elis, the Middle English form of Elijah. Trump campaign adviser Jenna Ellis intentionally misgendered Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, a transgender woman, on Twitter early Monday morning.
  2. countable, uncountable A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic] and A male given name from Welsh, an anglicization of Elisedd.
  3. countable, uncountable A unisex given name transferred from the surname. Elisha Brabin, 36, and her children, Leo, 16, Ellis, 8, and Prudence, 7, died after a blaze "spread rapidly" inside a house on Stone Square in Bootle, Merseyside, in the early hours of Tuesday.
  4. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Stockton Township, Greene County, Indiana; named for politician William Ellis Niblack.
  5. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Scott Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
  6. countable, uncountable A city in Ellis County, Kansas; named for American Civil War veteran George Ellis.
  7. countable, uncountable A township in Cheboygan County, Michigan.
  8. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Byron Township, Cass County, Minnesota.
  9. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri.
  10. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Gage County, Nebraska; named for banker John R. Ellis.
  11. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Muskingum County, Ohio; named for a local family.
  12. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Minnehaha County, South Dakota; probably named for railroad worker A. B. Ellis.
  13. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in the town of Sharon, Portage County, Wisconsin; named for politician Albert G. Ellis.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: rae, alice, ellice, cose, costume, suit, elles, schulter, eliot, elliott, eliott, eli, elijah, elias, ilia, ilias

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"Ellis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ellis. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Ellis. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ellis

Chicago

"Ellis." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ellis.

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@misc{ellis_2026,
  title = {Ellis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ellis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}