79%RatingSave Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage English, Welsh Pronounced Pron. /ˈɛl.ɪs/(English) [key·simplify] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links From an English surname that was derived from the given name Elis, a medieval vernacular form of Elias. This name has also functioned as an Anglicized form of Welsh Elisedd. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesElisedd(Old Welsh) User SubmissionEllis PopularityDetails Last ranked #107 in 2023 Belgium Last ranked #90 in 2022 (m) #920 in 2018 (f) England and Wales Last ranked #431 in 2023 Netherlands Last ranked #94 in 2023 Scotland Last ranked #273 in 2023 (m) #757 in 2023 (f) United States People think this name isRate·Details classic formal upper class wholesome refined strange simple serious Categories directors, Emergency characters, ends in -is, Grey's Anatomy characters, islands, kindness, lightkeepers, literature, NASCAR, never out of the US top 1000, surnames, The Dragon Prince characters, The West Wing characters, Will and Grace characters