Ellis

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For other uses, see Ellis (disambiguation).

Ellis is a surname of Welsh and English origin.[1][2][3] The surname was first recorded in 1202 in Lincolnshire, England.[1] An independent French origin of the surname derives from the phrase fleur-de-lis.[4]

Surname[]

A[]

  • Abe Ellis (Stargate), a fictional character in the TV series Stargate Atlantis
  • Adam Ellis (born 1996), British speedway rider
  • Adrienne Ellis (born 1944), American-Canadian actress
  • Albert Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alexander Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Allan Ellis (disambiguation)
  • Alton Ellis (1938–2008), Jamaican musician
  • Andrew Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Anita Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Annette Ellis (born 1946), Australian politician
  • Arthur Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Atom Ellis (born 1966), American musician
  • Aunjanue Ellis (born 1969), American actress

B[]

  • Ben Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Bill Ellis (1919–2007), English cricketer
  • Boaz Ellis (born 1981), Israeli fencer
  • Bob Ellis (born 1942), Australian writer and journalist
  • Bobby Ellis (born 1932), Jamaican trumpeter
  • Brad Ellis, American composer and musical director
  • Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964), American novelist
  • Brian Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Bruce Ellis (born 1960), Australian computer scientist

C[]

D[]

  • Dale Ellis (born 1960), retired American basketball player
  • Dana Ellis (born 1980), Canadian pole-vaulter
  • Daniel Ellis (disambiguation) or Dan Ellis, multiple people
  • David Ellis (disambiguation) or Dave Ellis, multiple people
  • DeGoy B. Ellis (1876–1949), American politician and lawyer
  • Diane Ellis (1909–1930), American actress
  • Dick Ellis (1895–1975), treacherous intelligence officer
  • Dock Ellis (1945–2008), American baseball player
  • Dock Ellis (born 1955) American radio DJ
  • Don Ellis (1934–1978), American jazz trumpeter
  • Doug Ellis (1924–2018), English entrepreneur and chairman of Aston Villa Football Club

E[]

  • Earl Hancock Ellis (1880–1923), US Marine Corps intelligence officer
  • Edith Ellis (1861–1916), English author and women's rights activist
  • Edmund Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Edward Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Edwin Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Eleanor Joan Ellis (1904–1989), English artist
  • Ellen Deborah Ellis (1878–1974), American Professor of history and political science
  • Ellis Bell (1818–1848), pseudonym of Emily Jane Bronte
  • Emory Ellis (1906–2003), American biochemist
  • Ephraim Ellis (born 1985), Canadian actor
  • Eric Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ernest Ellis (1885–1916), English footballer
  • Evelyn Ellis (1894–1958), African-American actress

F[]

  • Felix Ellis, Australian politician
  • Francis Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Frank Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Fred Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

G[]

H[]

  • Harold Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Harry Ellis (born 1982), English rugby union player
  • Harvey Ellis (1852–1904), American architect, perspective renderer and painter
  • Havelock Ellis (1859–1939), English sexual psychologist
  • Henry Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Herb Ellis (1921–2010), American jazz guitarist
  • Herbert Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Hortense Ellis (1941–2000), Jamaican reggae artist
  • Hunter Ellis (born 1968), American television personality

I[]

J[]

  • C. Jack Ellis, former mayor of Macon, Georgia
  • J. Delano Ellis (1944–2020), American Pentecostal bishop and writer
  • Jack Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • James Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • James Ellis Humphrey (1861–1897), American botanist and mycologist
  • Jan Ellis (1942–2013), South African rugby union player
  • Janet Ellis (born 1955), English television presenter
  • Jason Ellis (born 1971), Australian skateboarder, mixed martial artist, radio host and actor
  • Jeff Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jerry Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jill Ellis (born 1966), English-born American soccer player and coach
  • Jim Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jimmy Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jo Ellis (born 1983) English field hockey forward
  • Joanne Ellis (born 1981), English field hockey midfielder
  • Job Bicknell Ellis (1829–1905), American mycologist
  • John Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Joseph Ellis (born 1943), American professor of history

K[]

  • Kaden Elliss (born 1995), American football player
  • Kai Ellis (born 1980), former CFL defensive end
  • Kate Ellis (politician) (born 1977), Australian politician
  • Katharine Ellis, British musicologist and academic
  • Katherine Ellis, English singer-songwriter
  • Kathleen Ellis (born 1946), former American swimmer
  • Keith Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Kerry Ellis (born 1979), English singer and stage actress
  • Kevin Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

L[]

  • LaPhonso Ellis (born 1970), former American Basketball Player, National Basketball Association
  • Larry R. Ellis (born 1946), commander in the U.S. Army (2001–04)
  • Lauren Ellis (born 1989), New Zealand cyclist
  • Lee Ellis (born 1942), American sociologist
  • Leonora Beck Ellis (1862–1951), American educator, author, poet, social reformer
  • LeRon Ellis (born 1969), former American professional basketball player
  • Leroy Ellis (born 1940), retired American basketball player
  • Lester Ellis (born 1965), English/Australian boxer
  • Lindsay Ellis (footballer) (born 1935), retired Australian rules football player
  • Lindsay Ellis (media critic) (born 1985), web video creator
  • Lionel Ellis (1885–1970), British military historian
  • Liz Ellis (born 1973), retired Australian netball player
  • Luther Ellis (born 1973), former American football player

M[]

  • Magen Ellis (born 1986), American beauty queen
  • Marc Ellis (rugby) (born 1971), New Zealand businessman and television presenter and former rugby player
  • Marc H. Ellis (born 1952), American author
  • Mari Ellis (1913–2015), Welsh writer and women's rights activist
  • Mark Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mary Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mary Beth Ellis (born 1977), American triathlete
  • Matt Ellis (disambiguation) or Matthew Ellis, multiple people
  • Max Mapes Ellis (1887–1953), American ichthyologist
  • Max Ellis, Wrestling state champion (2006–present) (?)
  • Merrill Ellis (1916–1981), American electroacoustic composer
  • Michael Ellis (disambiguation) or Mike Ellis, multiple people
  • Monta Ellis (born 1985), American professional basketball player

N[]

O[]

P[]

  • Patricia Ellis (1916–1970), American film actress
  • Patrick Ellis (1928–2013), brother of the Institute of Brothers of Christian Schools and president of CUA (1992–98)
  • Patrick Ellis (radio host) (1943–2020), American radio show host
  • Paul Ellis, New Zealand record producer
  • Pee Wee Ellis (1941–2021), American saxophonist
  • Perry Ellis (1940–1986), American fashion designer
  • Peter Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Philip Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Pitts Ellis, American politician
  • Powhatan Ellis (1790–1863), US senator from Mississippi

R[]

  • Ralph Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ray Ellis (1923–2008), American record producer and composer
  • Ray Ellis (American football) (born 1959), former American football player
  • Raymond Ellis (1923–1994), British Labour Party politician
  • Reg Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Richard Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Rick Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Rita Ellis (born c. 1951), first woman mayor of Delray Beach, Florida
  • Robert Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Robin Ellis (born 1942), English actor
  • Robinson Ellis (1834–1913), English classical scholar
  • Rod Ellis, linguist
  • Rodney Ellis (born 1954), African-American politician from Texas
  • Romallis Ellis (born 1965), former American boxer
  • Ron Ellis (born 1945), retired Canadian ice hockey player
  • Ronald Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Rosemary Ellis (1910–1998), English artist
  • Ross Ellis (1915–1983), Canadian politician
  • Rowland Ellis (1650–1731), Welsh Quaker
  • Rowland Ellis (bishop) (1841–1911), Welsh clergyman
  • Royston Ellis (born 1941), English writer
  • Ruth Ellis (1926–1955), last woman to be executed in the UK
  • Ruth Ellis (activist) (1899–2000), American gay rights activist
  • Ryan Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

S[]

  • Samuel Ellis (disambiguation) or Sam/Sammy/Samuel, multiple people
  • Sara L. Ellis (born 1969), American judge
  • Sarah Stickney Ellis (1799–1872), English writer
  • Scott Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Sedrick Ellis (born 1985), American football player
  • Seger Ellis (1904–1995), American jazz pianist
  • Shaun Ellis (born 1977), American footballer
  • Shaun Ellis English animal researcher
  • Shirley Ellis (born 1941), American soul singer
  • Simon Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Sophie Ellis-Bextor (born 1979), English pop singer
  • Stanley Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Steven Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Susan Williams-Ellis (1918–2007), English potter designer

T[]

  • T. E. Ellis (1859–1899), Welsh politician
  • T. S. Ellis, III (born 1940), U.S. federal judge in the trial of William J. Jefferson
  • Ted Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Terry Ellis (born 1963), African-American R&B singer
  • Terry Ellis (manager) (born 1944), English record producer
  • Theodore T. Ellis (1867–1934), American inventor and publisher
  • Thomas Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Timo Ellis (born 1970), American musician and record producer
  • Tinsley Ellis (born 1957), American blues/rock musician
  • Tom Ellis (actor) (born 1979), Welsh actor
  • Tom Ellis (UK politician) (born 1924), former British politician
  • Tommy Ellis (born 1947), former American NASCAR racing driver
  • Tony Ellis (born 1964), former English professional footballer

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W[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Surname Database: Ellis Last Name Origin". The Internet Surname Database. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Ellis Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". HouseOfNames. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Ellis Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
  4. ^ Ellis, F. O. (1909). Millwood: A Family Tree. Swampscott, Massachusetts. pp. 4 – via Internet Archive.
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